Academics
City grad recruiters slam academic’s claim that law firm diversity schemes are just for show
Dr Louise Ashley says schemes offer only ‘illusion of change’, but new entry level hiring practices tell a different story
Top law professors pen letter in support of academic freedom
Intervention follows student protests targeting philosophy prof Kathleen Stock
Male solicitors four times more likely to appear before disciplinary tribunal
Despite fairly even gender split in profession
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Smarts contracts, data and big tech: How digitalisation is transforming the law
Dr Mateja Durovic, reader of contract and commercial law at King’s College London, explains how digitalisation is uprooting existing legal frameworks
ULaw appoints director of equality, diversity and inclusion
Patrick Johnson joins the law school’s executive board
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
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
Meet the lawyers deciding Trump’s Facebook fate
Social media giant’s Oversight Board is stuffed with legal experts
Make fake news a crime, Exeter Uni law profs suggest
Academics warn against ‘worshipping freedom of expression’ in an age of digital disinformation
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
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
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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
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
Ex-Pinsent Masons partner appointed dean of Aston Law School
Bad news for career legal academics?
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
Leicester Uni property professor pranks solicitor by pretending to be confused law student
He live-tweeted the amusing encounter
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
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
UCL law lecturer shocks freshers with his ‘really bad’ first ever essay
They gave it a borderline 2:2/third
Law tutors reveal why they pick on students for answers
Cold-calling phenomenon is terrifying but well-intentioned
‘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