Author: Polly Botsford

Junior lawyer numbers set to rocket following SQE roll-out, predicts Google-backed legal business chief
Super-exam also tipped as pro-diversity by legal entrepreneur

UK public prefers Obama over Blair as their ‘ideal lawyer’, survey finds
Hillary Clinton and Nelson Mandela also score highly

Can we put a price on a polar bear?
As part of Legal Cheek’s occasional series exploring buzzing legal research across the UK and internationally, today we examine the monetary value we place on the natural world

Trio of top judges fend off criticism on £1.2 billion court modernisation programme
Widely-condemned court closures are means of 'liberating capital' where 'money is not limitless', select committee hears

Lady Hale on Trump, Beyoncé comparisons and whether the Lord Chancellor must be a lawyer
BBC 5 Live interview fails to break Supreme Court president's ever-judicious stance

Emergency pay boost for judges in response to ‘unprecedented’ recruitment crisis
Increases still below recommendations of pay review body

‘Uncritical reliance’ on AI in criminal justice could lead to ‘wrong decisions’, says Law Society
Warning contained in new commission report

2020s is the decade of legal change, says Richard Susskind
Exclusive interview: AI and online courts will flourish and replace 'old ways of working'

Norton Rose Fulbright teams up with York University to launch lawtech module
Exclusive: 40 places up for grabs

Linklaters launches undergrad sponsorship for low-income students
£6,000 grant and work experience up for grabs

Judge’s ‘bear-baiting’ comment resurfaces as Jeremy Kyle Show axed
Whilst Kyle's US counterpart, Jerry Springer, is sued for wrongful death just as he is set to make debut as Judge Jerry

‘He threw a phone at my head’: International survey reveals bullying rife in the legal profession
Largest ever study finds one in three females sexually harassed in workplace
Uber’s flotation: from law suits to the stock market
Treacherous legal waters for the tech titan

London criminal law chambers pulls ‘unpaid’ internship
Exclusive: 9KBW places controversial expenses-only programme 'under review'

US law firm partner lands Game of Thrones cameo
His brother-in-law is hit show's co-creator

Allen & Overy lawyer to face tribunal over Weinstein NDA fiasco
Regulator confident lawyers' attitudes to non-disclosure agreements have changed

Linklaters and Clifford Chance latest firms to pay for gender reassignment surgery
Transitioning support also available for lawyers and support staff

Lawyerly advice to pupil barristers: ‘Imagine the judge is slightly hard of hearing and a bit daft’
Words of wisdom (and a few poetic metaphors) for fresh-faced practitioners

David Beckham plea-by-post highlights concerns over open justice
New procedure is labelled ‘justice-light’

Durham law professor says Commons Speaker was ‘legally correct’ to ban another Brexit vote
Ruling leaves PM 'rudderless', according to Thom Brooks