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BPP University student wins BARBRI Global Financial Crime Blogging Prize

Recent graduates from Trinity College Dublin and Essex University highly acclaimed

May 26 2016 10:04am

Psychoactive Substances Act BANNING legal highs comes into force today

New legislation has come under fire from many within the legal profession

May 26 2016 8:53am

Morning round-up: Thursday 26 May

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

May 26 2016 7:55am

How to get your fellow law students to pay for your summer holiday

Foolproof method! Guaranteed results every time! Win, win, win!

May 25 2016 3:04pm

‘Lawyered up’: Mr Justice Peter Smith takes legal advice

Judge who is the subject of an ongoing judicial investigation into possible bias instructs corporate and financial crime specialist BCL Burton Copeland

May 25 2016 11:16am

Judge sacked for watching porn in his ‘private chambers’ reprimanded by SRA

Solicitor turned district judge was removed from judicial office in March 2015

May 25 2016 10:17am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 25 May

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

May 25 2016 8:03am

Fake lawyer who was jailed for tricking high-ranking judges BANNED from profession

Mohammed Kabba received a 16 month custodial sentence last summer for pretending to be a solicitor during an immigration case

May 24 2016 1:26pm

Supreme Court REFUSES to hear Belgium-based White & Case lawyer’s case on why she should be able to vote in EU referendum

EU competition partner at US giant has no right to vote because she has lived outside the UK for more than 15 years

May 24 2016 12:45pm

Juries of the future could be ‘transported’ to crime scenes using virtual reality headsets

Staffordshire University-led research hopes to revolutionise the way lawyers present criminal cases in court

May 24 2016 12:17pm

Law is the hardest degree, says a law student

BAs are “so much easier”, according to the Oxford student who infected herself with typhoid

May 24 2016 10:02am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 24 May

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

May 24 2016 7:23am

Cambridge, Oxford, LSE, King’s and Queen Mary top latest law school league table

Annual comprehensive rankings produced by The Guardian examine standards of teaching, level of feedback and overall quality of the course

May 23 2016 3:16pm

Study slams BSB and chambers for failing to reveal diversity data

Damning study comes as top black judge launches campaign to address racism on the bench

May 23 2016 2:38pm

Lawyers jump to Amal Clooney’s defence after she’s ripped to shreds by national press

Barristers: 1, “Well-known human rights experts” at the Daily Mail: 0

May 23 2016 12:02pm

Interview: The 23 year-old Cambridge law grad behind the £315m Ryanair legal battle

Michael Green decided to do this instead of a training contract

May 23 2016 10:14am

12 lawgasmic moments for law students

Law fair freebies and concurring judgments <3

May 23 2016 9:02am

Morning round-up: Monday 23 May

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

May 23 2016 8:06am

Pissed off criminal barristers have been tweeting about how rubbish their jobs are

A stark glimpse of the “glamorous” reality of the criminal bar

May 20 2016 4:48pm