The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Recreational cannabis use becomes legal in California [BBC News]
New Year honours for solicitors [Law Society Gazette]
New Year’s 2018 brings with it new laws [The Independent]
Brexit quotes of 2017 [Politico]
The future of international justice [BBC News]
Legal powerhouse Gloria Allred on men behaving badly [Financial Times]
More terror offences to be covered by rules on unduly lenient sentences [The Guardian]
This is how backbenchers are taking back control in parliament [BuzzFeed]
The Secret Barrister has busy Christmas lawsplaining to the masses [Twitter]
BPTC & LPC graduates sought to undertake freelance advocacy work in the County Courts throughout England and Wales [Legal Cheek Hub]
“Ha! First on LC in 2018. Happy New Year!” [Legal Cheek Comments]