Tag: Social Media

Gary Slapper: The much-loved legal professor and columnist’s best tweets

As the profession comes to terms with his death, Legal Cheek looks back at Gary Slapper’s life and career

Dec 6 2016 11:56am

Warwick Law Soc takes on the ‘Mannequin Challenge’

Russell Group law school gets in on latest social media trend

Nov 25 2016 11:58am

Top criminal law professor’s tweet calling out Daily Mail Jo Cox headline goes viral

Tabloid reporting branded ‘disgusting’ by Twitterati

Nov 25 2016 9:32am

Lawyers round on Birmingham City maths lecturer’s suggestion Supreme Court judges should be elected

He thinks it could improve diversity, lawyers think it’s a naff idea

Nov 24 2016 12:14pm

The privacy law storm gripping social media

Don’t trash the e-mails you receive from Facebook

Nov 8 2016 10:05am

The reaction to the Brexit legal challenge judgment has been crazy

Tension between lawyers and tabloids reaches fever pitch

Nov 4 2016 10:59am

Twitter goes quiet as BBC reports ‘categorically denied’ allegation against top QC

Usually chatty legal Twitterati eerily silent

Oct 28 2016 11:43am

Lawyers react to ‘deeply concerning’ draft law that would keep alleged rapists in the dark about who accused them

One said this nonsense wasn’t doing his blood pressure any good

Oct 27 2016 11:10am

Lawyers split over Ched Evans rape acquittal debate

Charlotte Proudman even hung up phone in radio interview bust-up about the issue

Oct 19 2016 9:00am

Everyone, stop what you’re doing and look at this international lawyer’s LinkedIn profile

There's a photo of him doing the splits on a beach

Oct 18 2016 10:06am

Legal Cheek petitions Apple to bring back the gavel emoji

This is the most important thing you’ll sign all year

Oct 5 2016 9:46am

‘Beyond farcical’: Lawyers in shock as top Matrix Chambers barrister suspended from child sex abuse inquiry

Apparently Ben Emmerson QC only found out when he read about it on the internet

Sep 29 2016 10:17am

15 Legal Cheek Instagram posts all new law students will be able to relate to

One lecture in and I already want to quit

Sep 23 2016 9:12am

Tributes continue to flood in for hit and run barrister killed as he left Law Rocks battle-of-the-bands concert

David Batcup described as “charming” and “utterly courteous” by his peers

Sep 16 2016 10:13am

Politician says parliament to be kept in dark about EU negotiations, lawyers not very happy about it

Basic principle of parliamentary sovereignty may be under threat from Brexit “farce”

Sep 13 2016 11:49am

Bake Off winner and law grad John Whaite admits he suffered ‘homophobic abuse’ while on the show

Tells criminology grad and 2016 contestant Rav Bansal to ignore racist comments

Sep 5 2016 11:48am