‘Theresa May has been urged by 250 legal academics to cancel Donald Trump’s state visit and scale back Britain’s support for the US until he reverses his positions on immigration, refugees, torture, climate change and judicial independence.’
The Guardian, 15th February 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Bar will “truly be able to say that barristers are better educated in the law than solicitors” if the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) presses ahead with its reform of education, law lecturers have said in an excoriating response to the regulator’s consultation.’
Legal Futures, 20th January 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The status and quality of legal representation for children before the Youth Court need to be raised first by an increase in legal aid rates and then by mandatory training for all solicitors and barristers appearing for them, a government-commissioned review has recommended.’
Legal Futures, 14th December 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The combination of an oversupply of law graduates shut out of the profession due to fewer training contracts or pupillages and the growing number of litigants in person (LiPs) offers an opportunity to enhance access to justice while helping students into practice, the Master of the Rolls has said.’
Legal Futures, 7th December 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘It is a real pleasure to have been asked to give this year’s LawWorks Annual Pro Bono Awards lecture. My subject is Access to Justice. I am not interested in it as a slogan. I am interested in it because access to justice lies at the heart of any society that aspires to call itself just, civilised, and committed to democracy and the rule of law.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 7th December 2016
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘Privately educated people still dominate the legal profession, with barriers to entry for those from less affluent backgrounds are even more acute at the Bar than among solicitors, the Social Mobility Commission said yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 17th November 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.com
‘The University of Law (ULaw) is to stop claiming that it is the “leading” law school in the UK in the wake of a ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).’
Legal Futures, 16th November 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Side by side, Cambridge postgraduates and inmates at a Buckinghamshire prison mull over thorny issues, such as what is legitimate use of power, or why do people obey the law? They are studying criminology together within the walls of HMP Grendon, in small, carefully mixed groups. Over eight weeks they are treated as equals by academic staff; once a week they read, study, discuss and write essays before “graduating” together – though this master’s level study doesn’t carry official university credits.’
The Guardian, 9th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Some universities will incorporate the first stage of the proposed Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) into their law degrees, the education and training director of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has predicted.’
Legal Futures, 28th October 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘More than one in five law students polled in the UK and the US admit that they would falsify time records for personal and business gain, according to a study of student ethics.’
Legal Futures, 25th October 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Studying law is full of unexpected twists and turns – and in the end, you may not even turn into a lawyer.’
The Guardian, 17th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Lord Sumption, the outspoken Supreme Court justice, has said he regrets the “growing tendency of would-be lawyers to devote themselves to the study of law from the age of eighteen”.’
Legal Futures, 2th October 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘LLM students at the school of law at Queen Mary University of London will next month become the first in the UK to be part of a new academic course in e-disclosure.’
Litigation Futures, 12th September 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
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