Politics
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Top QC renews attack on EU judges, days after husband BoJo’s controversial Brexit piece
Marina Wheeler may upset colleagues at One Crown Office Row
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Number of lawyers in Justice Committee drops by almost a third as new members revealed
Now there’s only one solicitor
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‘I moved to the UK and was appalled by its immigration system, now I’m fighting for reform’
All students should study immigration law, argues Durham prof
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Brexit will not happen, claims head of Durham Law School who said Article 50 wouldn’t be triggered
Don’t throw out your EU law statute books just yet
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‘I’m the person behind the Liz Truss and David Lidington parody accounts’
The mystery tweeter has a legal and political background
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Journal
An open letter to the new Lord Chancellor from Joshua Rozenberg
David Lidington can learn from Liz Truss’ mistakes
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General election: Human Rights Act ‘safer now than it has been for years’, says top LSE human rights professor Conor Gearty
Exclusive: Conor Gearty tells Legal Cheek why he thinks our rights are secure under brand new Tory-led coalition
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Election survey: Law students overwhelmingly back Labour
Latest Legal Cheek poll reveals even lawyers are giving the Conservatives the cold shoulder
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Careers
Shearman & Sterling lawyers look beyond General Election to the main event: Brexit
The real challenges will come once May v Corbyn battle is over
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Lawyers divided: Has Theresa May made a U-turn on human rights?
Keeping the Human Rights Act is a Tory manifesto pledge
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There are rumours that Education Secretary Justine Greening will be our next Lord Chancellor
A straight swap with Liz Truss? Joshua Rozenberg and LBC’s Iain Dale speculate
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Politics ‘governs the very air that we breathe’, says former property litigator hoping to topple Jacob Rees-Mogg MP
Green Party candidate talks politics, her time studying law at Oxford, and her law firm being targeted by terrorists
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Snap election series: Once fighting for labour rights, now a Lib Dem candidate
Law graduate who once championed miners’ rights in South Africa begins new life canvassing on the streets of east London
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Snap election series: Moving from City law to politics means working longer hours for less money
But magic circle solicitor turned Labour MP hopeful Bilal Mahmood says it’s his calling
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Careers
Law, politics and the City
Ahead of the Legal Cheek and Shearman & Sterling General Election debate on Monday, Tim Waterson explains how an early interest in politics set him up for life in the corporate finance fast lane
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Snap election series: The bar is ‘excellent groundwork’ for life as an MP, says lawyer turned Conservative candidate
Suella Fernandes shares her thoughts from the campaign trail
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Harvard lawyers think Donald Trump may have done enough to be impeached
Disclosure of sensitive information ‘most serious charge ever made against a sitting president’
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Junior lawyer who led march against £9k tuition fees when he was at Cambridge says it’s time to forgive the Lib Dems
Former SU president will be voting in line with majority of rookie lawyers surveyed in Legal Cheek General Election poll
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Legal aid in, tuition fees out: Labour’s leaked manifesto
Jeremy Corbyn promises the world
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A Manchester Metropolitan law student is standing for UKIP in the general election
His campaign clashes with his final year exams