Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
People Like Us: A journey through “social mobility” from child asylum seeker to barrister [New Statesman] (registration required)
The alarming record of the new attorney general [Prospect Magazine]
Celebrity is a powerful drug – the more celebrity you have, the greater the craving for more [Family Lore]
Police station legal advice — looking a gift horse in the mouth [LinkedIn]
A bit of a Stretch review — an indictment of Britain’s prison system [The Guardian]
Coronavirus and the UK immigration system [Free Movement]
Comment: The 2010s marked an unsung crisis in law firm leadership [Legal Business]
In Britain, Even Jails Have a Class System [The Atlantic]
Dana Denis-Smith: Equality is taking too long [Law Society Gazette]
Technology and the law in 2020 — the impact of AI [Legal Futures]
“I do not think I have ever seen ‘Dear Sirs’ ever used in any communications. Normally you write smth like ‘Hi Jeb’ / ‘Hi Synthia’ in the beginning of an email and that’s it”. [Legal Cheek comments]
Event: Secrets to Success Bristol — with Burges Salmon, Osborne Clarke, RPC and ULaw [Legal Cheek Events]