Category: News

LSE law professor’s joy as ‘Silicon Valley’ themed exam question goes viral in the US

Fans of hit American TV show go crazy over English IT law problem

May 20 2016 10:19am

Major EU overhaul on smoking laws comes into force today

Say goodbye to 10 packs and menthols

May 20 2016 9:30am

Today’s controversial Supreme Court decision is tomorrow’s media law module

As lawyers scramble to offer insight into top court’s celebrity injunction decision, students brace themselves for new media law lecture content

May 19 2016 3:19pm

10 City lawyers named in ‘Power 100 Women’ list

List celebrates Square Mile's most influential women

May 19 2016 12:47pm

York Uni law students’ letter of protest at EU referendum exam question

Over 100 sign an open letter of complaint arguing referendum isn’t on the syllabus

May 19 2016 11:53am

Judicial chill out lounges are the future says law reform group

Judges' private chambers could make way for "judicial hubs"

May 19 2016 10:01am

BPP law students help tackle rogue landlords with launch of free advice clinic

New pro bono scheme will assist those facing a number of residential property legal issues including unfair rent increases

May 19 2016 9:00am

Mr Justice Peter Smith is BARRED from hearing Addleshaw Goddard cases

The battle continues as list of firms and lawyers over whom he can no longer adjudicate grows and grows

May 18 2016 1:54pm

Lawyers try their hand at law-themed poetry, with hilarious results

#barristerpoetry brings light-hearted fun to steely profession

May 18 2016 12:54pm

Telly quiz show barrister accused of deliberately answering questions wrongly on charity special of The Chase

Quiz fans accuse criminal barrister of foul play so celebs can land charity jackpot

May 17 2016 10:43am

Exam cock-up sees Bristol land law paper accidentally uploaded online and left there for SEVEN hours

Undergrads left angry as staff scramble to draft new paper in time for May exam

May 17 2016 10:07am

Advocacy charity launches Teach First for wannabe lawyers

Brand new grad scheme launched for barrister hopefuls

May 17 2016 9:22am

‘I will no longer support your Chambers’: Top judge’s incredible letter to elite set Blackstone emerges in bias row

The full letter by Mr Justice Peter Smith revealed, as he is barred from hearing Blackstone barristers' cases

May 17 2016 8:07am

Junior barrister who supplied drugs that killed teenage boyfriend accepts his legal career is over

Last week Strand Chambers’ Henry Hendron was sentenced to 140 hours of unpaid work and an 18-month supervision order

May 16 2016 2:22pm

Revealed: Britain’s most influential law student, as voted for by you

Hundreds of Legal Cheek readers cast their vote, but who’s nabbed the crown?

May 16 2016 11:58am

Law groups unify to create mental health taskforce

The move comes as research earlier this year revealed more than a third of calls to charity helpline were from stressed-out junior lawyers

May 16 2016 11:08am

Capital’s lawyers limber up for London Legal Walk

All the legal celebs will be there

May 16 2016 8:57am