News
Young law firm partner jailed after he tricked ex-S&M dungeon master into thinking he’d won £700,000 damages from Channel 4
Andrew Davies was struck off in 2016 after taking client cash and forging documents to cover his tracks
Your favourite law memes could be banned under EU copyright directive
Brussels bigwigs could ‘destroy the internet as we know it’, say digital rights campaigners
Exclusive: Government’s favourite silk Sir James Eadie QC pulls out of controversial work experience auction
Offer to sell work experience to the highest bidder in the name of social mobility pulled after Legal Cheek asks questions -- but other lawyers stick with online auction
Weekend round-up
The top legal affairs news stories of the weekend
Embarrassment for Mishcon de Reya after canteen slated by food hygiene inspectors
Glamorous staff eatery scores only 1 out 5 after food safety officer inspection
Podcast: ‘There were only three women in the whole firm’ — corporate law pioneer Fiona Woolf on gender diversity in the law
We’ve come a long way since the 1970s -- but not far enough
It’s possible to get to a MoneyLaw US firm from a regional training contract after an ex-poly degree – I should know because I’ve done it
Don’t listen to anyone who tells you it's impossible
Supreme Court says Northern Ireland abortion ban breaches human rights — but decides it can’t do anything about it
Majority find against restrictive laws but throw the case out on a technicality
Are all Russell Group unis valued equally by firms?
I have offers to study law at two but don't know which to choose
Interview: The Cambridge law grad who shunned legal practice to launch a politics newsletter
Putting a law degree to good use without becoming a lawyer
Ropes & Gray partner launches urgent bone marrow donor appeal to save 5-year-old daughter battling leukaemia
Kaiya’s best hope is an immediate bone marrow transplant
Cambridge, Oxford and LSE prevail in ‘league table of league tables’
Brings together rankings from Complete University Guide, The Times and The Guardian
Edinburgh Uni launches review after public law exam answer papers go missing
Students asked to submit new 500 word assessment instead
Barrister training overhaul could be approved by January
BSB's director general discusses split-BPTC plans at Legal Cheek legal education conference
Legally Blonde 3: Reese Witherspoon ‘in talks’ to bring back Elle Woods
More bend and snap?
Junior solicitor who only qualified THREE months ago puts legal career on hold to enter Love Island villa
She refers to herself as 'Legally Brunette'
MoneyLaw 2.0: US outfit Milbank ups London junior lawyer pay to £143,000
Will others follow?
Durham University law student to be deported after scholarship falls through
Would-be solicitor’s student visa set to be revoked
Aspiring lawyer who went into labour during family law exam celebrates Harvard graduation
Asked for an epidural and got on with the MCQs
Manchester Uni joins forces with Freshfields to launch undergrad lawtech module
Exclusive: Students will use Neota Logic’s AI-powered platform to build access to justice apps