Academics Archives - Legal Cheek

Legal experts highlight need for reform as Queen’s ‘anti-democratic’ vetting powers come to light

Over 1,000 laws needed Her Majesty’s consent as result of archaic constitutional rule

Feb 12 2021 10:55am
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Jedward yes, Trump no: Who would the UK’s leading law profs nominate for the Nobel Peace Prize?

Believe it or not, legal academics are among the global elite allowed to put in Peace Prize nominations

Feb 1 2021 11:42am
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Meet the lawyers deciding Trump’s Facebook fate

Social media giant’s Oversight Board is stuffed with legal experts

Jan 26 2021 9:22am
Make fake news a crime, Exeter Uni law profs suggest

Academics warn against ‘worshipping freedom of expression’ in an age of digital disinformation

Jan 25 2021 11:04am
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Trio of ex-Supreme Court justices join 800 legal figures in call for Johnson and Patel to end lawyer ‘hostility’

Open letter follows series of public attacks on profession

Oct 26 2020 10:41am
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Oxford University lays out blueprint for training future lawyers in the tech age

Skills gaps must be filled to meet client demand for tech-enhanced legal services, say academics

May 18 2020 12:30pm

Careers

How Manchester Law School is helping to bring about a new industrial revolution in legal services

For Professor Andrew Francis the SQE is just one part of a much bigger story

Jan 29 2020 1:31pm
Law professor who specialises in money laundering arrested for alleged money laundering

Miami Uni academic Bruce Bagley accused of helping to launder £2.3 million

Nov 20 2019 10:08am
Ex-Pinsent Masons partner appointed dean of Aston Law School

Bad news for career legal academics?

Sep 27 2019 1:12pm
Trinity College Dublin law profs split over whether student newspaper bugging halls to expose secret society’s ‘hazing’ was legal

Law school bigwigs wade into covert recording dispute

Mar 28 2019 10:02am
Leicester Uni property professor pranks solicitor by pretending to be confused law student

He live-tweeted the amusing encounter

Feb 19 2019 12:24pm
Law professor pens self-help book on how to do less tedious life admin

Turn yourself into a ‘super doer’, says Columbia Law School’s Elizabeth Emens

Feb 6 2019 8:50am

Reading University law lecturer’s office door ‘covered in urine’ after transgender-rights debate

Professor Rosa Freedman fears for safety after raising concerns over proposed changes to Gender Recognition Act

Dec 6 2018 12:51pm
UCL law lecturer shocks freshers with his ‘really bad’ first ever essay

They gave it a borderline 2:2/third

Oct 5 2018 11:10am
Law tutors reveal why they pick on students for answers

Cold-calling phenomenon is terrifying but well-intentioned

Nov 14 2017 9:04am
‘Fake law’: Professor debunks claims EU legally bound to punish Spain for Catalan violence

Nearly 40,000 retweets for #SpainOutOfEU call, but lawyer says Europe constrained to stay out of these disputes

Oct 2 2017 1:17pm
‘Drunk’ law tutor thrown off Heathrow flight is ordered to pay £4,500

Humanitarian law expert, who the SRA says “is not a member of the profession”, reportedly set to take up teaching role at Durham University

Aug 21 2017 2:10pm
Nottingham Trent lecturer uses Pokémon Go-inspired game to teach students land law

The nightmare of all subjects made fun?

Jul 13 2017 2:29pm

Cambridge college names first female head in its 700-year history, and she’s an international and company law lecturer

She did her training contract at Clifford Chance

May 24 2017 10:27am
Top lawyers clash over whether we should have a written constitution

Is now the UK’s ‘constitutional moment’?

May 5 2017 11:17am
Students ‘proud’ as Kent Law School academics take on Donald Trump

But can a letter signed by 253 law scholars achieve more than a petition by nearly two million?

Feb 16 2017 1:34pm