Author: Katie King
    
    Cambridge wrestles ‘best law school in the country’ crown from Oxford
Oxford had taken the top spot for past two years
    
    Number of privately-educated law students falls as state school kids increase by thousands
Exclusive: Profession's social mobility problem not reflected at university level
    
    Herbert Smith Freehills becomes first law firm to pay for lawyers’ gender reassignment surgery
Time off work on offer for those transitioning and for those whose family members are transitioning
    
    Oxford academic who lost her 18-year-old son while he was under NHS care shares tragic fight for justice
She was represented at son's inquest by legal dream team she met on Twitter
    
    Derby law student calls on EU know-how in bid to show government’s tuition fee policy is unlawful
Has Theresa May's review come about because of his actions?
    
    Vlogging junior solicitor shares training contract tips on YouTube channel
Chrissie Wolfe speaks to Legal Cheek about what the future holds for 'Law and Broader'
    
    Linklaters and Slaughter and May latest magic circle firms to increase LPC maintenance grants to £10,000
After one City trainee revealed they'll be living in an Airbnb because their grant doesn't cover London rent
    
    Supreme Court slams police for ‘systemic and investigatory failings’ in John Worboys case
Even advocacy by Lord Pannick couldn't convince justices otherwise
    
    Solicitor suspended for texting prisoner 102 times cites legal aid cuts in tribunal judgment
She was ambitious to succeed in competitive legal market
    
    Law grad who sued Government Legal Service over her training contract rejection has reapplied and been offered a position
Exclusive: She'll start her training in September
    
    Supreme Court hears its first ever gig economy case
Far-reaching changes to employment law on the horizon
    
    Firms with the fewest women pay the most money
Burden lies with top-paying outfits to attract more women, researchers say
    
    Exclusive: 87% of law students think they should be compensated for this week’s university strike action
Interestingly, law lecturers seem to agree with them
    
    Hill Dickinson admits auctioning off work experience ‘had not been thought through’ as it pulls listing
Two-week placement had formed charity auction lot
    
    From 3D organs to acid attacks: Which Legal Cheek Journal article is the best of the year?
The most original legal affairs writing on the internet
    
    Privately-educated lawyers more likely to earn higher salaries
And by some margin
    
    Look at these Lady Hale cupcakes
Gowns, tribunal fees and a thesis on fraud also make appearances in Great Legal Bake
    
    London law firm partner among Grand Canyon helicopter crash survivors
Another solicitor on board has sadly died
    
    Research: Far more private school kids at corporate firms than in crime
State school educated underrepresented across the board