The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Barristers prepare to escalate protests over legal aid row [The Guardian]
This leaked report reveals the stark warnings from judges about defendants with no lawyer [BuzzFeed News]
Londoner takes ‘miscarriage of justice’ compensation battle to court [ITV News]
Exeter University student who exposed his friends’ racist Whatsapp messages says he has no regrets going public [iNews]
Delays and spiralling costs hamper MoJ’s digital courts project [The Guardian]
Judge urged to reject fracking ban challenge [BBC News]
City law firm Rosenblatt kicks off life as a London listed company [Evening Standard]
Trump lawyer allegedly received corporate payments [Financial Times]
Ex-City lawyer sentenced in Mueller probe reports to prison [The Hill]
Why Amal Clooney wore trousers on the Met Gala red carpet [Harper’s Bazaar]
Reed Smith are hiring Campus Ambassadors! [Legal Cheek Hub]
The Future of Legal Education and Training Conference on Wednesday 23 May [Legal Cheek]
“What would Donna do? Demand to be made a senior partner despite having no legal qualifications or no real non-secretarial legal experience. Imagine one of the magic circle firms hiring a secretary to be a senior partner or a COO.” [Legal Cheek comments]