Author: Katie King
Man behind criminal law syllabus shake up to face retrial for murder
An appeal by Ameen Jogee saw the law on joint enterprise drastically changed, but his fate still hangs in the balance
Cambridge PhD law student who spends spare time dressing up as the Insect Overlord coming to a chambers near you
When studying law all gets too much…
Lancaster law student believed to have died fighting for ISIS
Khalif Shariff enrolled at the law school in 2014, but abandoned his LLB to flee to Syria
York law student claims antisemitism on the increase at UK universities
“I feel quite uncomfortable on campus, it’s quite intimidating”
Making a Murderer: Is our criminal appeals process any better?
The factually guilty routinely ‘let off on a technicality’, while the factually innocent stay in prison
Missing Queen Mary law undergrad found dead in Slovenia
He had not been seen since February
65% of kids think lawyers are men
And they drew some delightful pictures to demonstrate this
Pinsent Masons promotes eight women to partner as Linklaters considers female boss
Who run the world? Girls
The law student jargon dictionary
The words wannabe lawyers use to show off
Who’s to blame when an April Fool goes wrong?
All fun and games until someone loses an eye
Former Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti to join top commercial set 39 Essex Chambers
From human rights to big money barristering
Doughty Street junior barrister replaces Shami Chakrabarti as director of Liberty
Martha Spurrier was called to the bar in 2010, the same year as Amal Clooney
Britain’s first black female High Court judge opens up about racism at the bar
Clerks would Tippex out her name on briefs and write in the name of male pupil they wanted to be the tenant
Top social media barrister says screenshotting Snapchats is unlikely to be illegal
Christina Michalos pours scorn on “extremely misleading” tabloid analysis
Jobless wannabe lawyer loses legal battle against her law school
Anna Alaburda has been unable to find a legal job after ten years of trying
LSE student who tried to ban free speech society shares tabloid ordeal pain
The motion filed by Maurice Banerjee Palmer was meant to be ironic
Celeb law watch: Pop stars in the news
It’s been a busy week for Madonna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney
14 reasons why Easter is the worst time for law students
When did Easter bunnies and chocolate become equitable interests and chattels?