Author: Polly Botsford

Nevermind lawtech, courts often don’t even have working photocopiers: Bar Council fights back against legal aid cuts
While Lord Neuberger warns UK legal system 'is in danger of falling over'

Latest Brexit challenge gets date in High Court’s diary
BUT the case has already been rejected once

Law school offers Harry Potter LLB module
A degree in the dark arts?

Lords call for clarity over role of ECJ post-Brexit
As over 1,000 lawyers sign letter to PM on People's Vote

Peak Millennial? Doughty Street barrister argues for a NEW human right to personal ‘airspace’
Airborne intrusions can trigger psychological distress, says Nick Grief

BBC to broadcast lectures on law and politics by Lord Sumption
Outspoken Supreme Court justice will be the 2019 Reith Lecturer

Tory conference: Attorney General steals limelight from Theresa May’s speech
Geoffrey Cox's warm-up act references his legal negotiating skills

Lawyer bloggers given access to family courts in bid to combat ‘racy’ press coverage
Pilot scheme will run until June next year

The Kavanaugh saga: ‘Why the US system of appointing Supreme Court justices sucks’
Could it happen here in the UK?

Labour conference round-up: Party says it will open law centres and raises concerns over digitisation of justice
Legal aid is a 'pillar of the welfare state', says shadow justice minister

Obscenity trial: Judge’s copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover expected to fetch £15,000
Fancy a piece of legal history?

Top criminal QC: ‘Let’s give disadvantaged kids role models beyond pop stars and YouTubers’
Chris Daw QC’s social mobility film featured on BBC1’s The One Show goes viral among profession

Resting in peace? How we need to regulate the industry which thrives on your afterlife
What happens to your Facebook page after you die? Should someone be able to faceswap a photo of you as a corpse and post it on Snapchat?

City law firms want junior lawyers who are resilient and flexible — but they’re less concerned about tech skills
Over 200 industry insiders questioned as part of Legal Cheek's Future of Legal Education and Training Conference
Richer law students should subsidise poorer ones with new levy, Dundee law lecturer proposes
While Durham law student achieves crowdfunding success for his law degree in ONE MONTH

Solicitor who took only TWO full weeks of maternity leave found to have falsified letter
Kate Adamson isn't struck off but gets six-month suspension instead

OMG! BuzzFeed loses its first-ever general counsel
Ex-Freshfields Allison Lucas also tried her hand at journalism
Share dealing begins in stock market-listed law firm
Knights to recruit 200 more fee earners but remains silent on possible training contract increases
Advocates’ core courtroom skills on the decline, judges warn
Reduced levels of pay blamed for lower morale and standards, finds report

Regulate the robots? Law Society’s incoming president launches review
As Society appoints 'new' CEO following dramatic resignation of predecessor

Cambridge, Oxford and LSE prevail in ‘league table of league tables’
Brings together rankings from Complete University Guide, The Times and The Guardian