Author: CJ McKinney

High Court seeks junior lawyers for new judicial assistant scheme
A chance to get behind the scenes at the Royal Courts of Justice

SOAS Law School horrified as colleague bids to represent far-right party in European Parliament
Law profs at left-leaning uni 'appalled' at fellow academic and Alternative für Deutschland candidate Gunnar Beck

Inns of Court unveil country’s cheapest barrister training course
Charity applying for sign-off on £13,000 course in major bar training shake-up

Judges target courtroom jokes at rookie lawyers, struggling lawyers and lawyers they disagree with
It's a very bad sign if the judge is trying to lighten the mood, research shows

Durham Uni law academic sparks furious Twitter debate after claiming high-profile rape allegation wasn’t necessarily ‘false’
Criminal law expert stirs up controversy online

Ex-SRA exec slams ‘irrelevant’ Law Society
Organisation representing solicitors is doing a terrible job of it, former policy guru Crispin Passmore says

Solicitor escapes with suspension over ‘modest’ cannabis farm
Makes a real hash of her career

Big Four told to keep lawyers and accountants apart
Competition and Market Authority stops short of banning accountancy giants from legal sector altogether

High Court libel loss for solicitor who claimed £900,000 over Facebook criticism
No serious harm to reputation from post on 300-member page

Bungling court staff insisted judge do jury duty in his own case
They said 'you could apply to the resident judge' -- I told them 'I am the resident judge'

New trade union targets overworked junior lawyers
Legal Sector Workers United wants trainees and pupils to help fight oppression and inequality

Exchange Chambers to double pupillage intake next year
Northern behemoth to take on six pupils in 2020

Ched Evans settles with lawyers Brabners over handling of rape case
Sports law specialist reportedly forks out almost £800,000

Child porn barrister who claimed Nazis planned to blow up the Queen fails to overturn disbarment
No return to the bar for Michael Shrimpton

BPP students to be taught digital skills through new lawtech partnership
Training on HighQ platform to be part of syllabus

Government sets up contempt of court hotline to social media companies
As report reveals that Google search tool is naming sex crime victims

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

Pinch on the bum not indecent assault in age of ‘twerking’ and internet porn, judge finds
Australian appeal court upholds acquittal of cop for touching woman at basketball tournament

Jolyon Maugham QC suffers backlash on Twitter after calling High Court judge ‘pro-Government’
Campaigning silk defends comments after criticism from fellow lawyers, including The Secret Barrister

Children of lawyers 17 TIMES more likely to become lawyers themselves
A family business

Lady Hale says judges don’t use social media for fear of trolls
You won't be Snapchatting a Supreme any time soon