Law: Blogs and Podcasts

News and commentary about UK and global legal issues from one of the leading legal magazines.

Legal Cheek was founded in 2011. It has grown to become the UK's leading news source for junior lawyers and law students, and has been described by The Sunday Times as 'Popbitch for lawyers' and The Telegraph as an 'irreverent, must-read tabloid law website'.

The Law Society is the independent professional body for solicitors. We represent and support our members, promoting the highest professional standards and the rule of law. All the latest top-quality legal news and analysis for solicitors, barristers, trainees and aspiring lawyers.

This blog was conceived and created in spring 2009 by the authors who are solicitors and barristers specialising in litigation and with an interest of the work of the UK Supreme Court

Blogs from the popular magazine, Legal Business.

he UK Human Rights Blog aims to provide a free, comprehensive and balanced legal update service.

LEAP UK is a global network of law enforcement figures who seek alternatives to failing, punitive drug laws.Our mission at LEAP is to reduce the multitude of unintended harmful consequences resulting from fighting the war on drugs and to lessen the incidence of death, disease, crime and addiction by ultimately ending drug prohibition.

The Oxford Business Law Blog (OBLB) is a forum for the exchange of ideas and the reporting of new developments in all aspects of business law, broadly defined.

his blog shares research and discussion from the Information Law and Policy Centre, based at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, which launched in spring 2015. The Centre is concerned with the law and policy of information and data, and explores the ways in which law both restricts and enables the sharing and dissemination of different types of information.

'Legal Futures is my first port of call whenever I need insight into any aspect of liberalisation. In my view, it is the definitive resource for anyone seeking to keep apace with structural changes in the legal profession.'

News, analysis, comment and updates from ICLR's case law and UK legislation platform

The Association The United Kingdom Constitutional Law Association (UKCLA) is the UK's national body of constitutional law scholars affiliated to the International Association of Constitutional Law. Its object is to 'encourage and promote the advancement of knowledge relating to United Kingdom constitutional law (broadly defined) and the study of constitutions generally'.

The site is run by Jon Robins. Jon is a journalist and has written about the law and justice for the national papers and specialist press for 15 years. Jon won the Bar Council's legal reporter of the year award in 2015.

LAPG will present well taken objections to the reform package, based on the impact of the reforms on the interests of clients, sound economic argument and the public interest.

Marilyn Stowe Family Law Blog is an Award-winning family law & divorce blog covering family law news, information and guides on the divorce process, financial settlements, cohabitation, prenups, wills, trusts & more.

James Maguire & Co are a specialist in divorce and family law practice. They advise on all aspects of family law and are leaders in this field, as is reflected by the independent legal directories to the profession and our strong track record.

Pink Tape is written by Lucy Reed, a family law barrister.

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Davidson Morris is a modern legal services provider that specializes in providing high quality immigration legal advice to both businesses and individuals.

Free Movement offers updates, commentary and advice on immigration and asylum law. Our mission is to make good quality and clear information available to all affected by immigration control: migrants themselves, their families, their lawyers and their judges. Immigration law has become very complex in the UK and changes very rapidly; we try to make it simple, or at least understandable.

Information on immigration law.

This blog is written to provide readers with news, case analysis and commentary on immigration, asylum and nationality law. It should never be read for the purposes of taking legal advice.

You can find market trend reports, the latest legal updates and other carefully selected items, written by our team and with contributions from an extended group of leading experts and industry commentators.

The blog's primary focus is the UK but interesting items from other jurisdictions are often included as are developments in the allied disciplines of capital market regulation and financial reporting.

Business, corporate and personal legal services. Experts in commercial property, corporate transactions, will and estate disputes, family law & more.

Landlord Law Blog is an online information service site which has interesting articles, news and tips on residential landlord & tenant law and practice. It help landlords and tenants understand their legal rights and obligations.

Nearly Legal is a specialist housing law website, run by solicitors and barristers practising in the field. The site provides information, updates and discussion on housing, leasehold and landlord & tenant law.

This blog provides up-to-date and practical guidance on all aspects of employment law and practice.

Taylor&Emmet LLP is one of the leading and most successful law firms in the South Yorkshire and Derbyshire region, a position it has held for nearly 150 years.

Specialist no win no fee Employment Solicitors working throughout the UK giving employment law advice in all areas including unfair dismissal compensation.

Information on media law.

Graham Smith's blog on law, IT, the Internet and new media. He is one of the UK's leading cyberlaw experts, with a practice encompassing advisory and contentious work in the internet, IT and intellectual property fields.

Latest Environmental Law news and analysis from the ENDS report.

Since 1989, CIEL has used the power of law to protect the environment, promote human rights, and ensure a just and sustainable society.

Monckton Chambers is a leading set of barristers' chambers, based in London. We practise across a wide range of commercial and civil law, with a particular focus on EU, competition, VAT, other indirect taxes and public & administrative law.

A blog from Cripps offering legal advice on Brexit developments.

Regular updates on Brexit.

Cambridge International Law Journal is published by Edward Elgar Publishing. It is a double-blind, peer-reviewed journal with a broad focus on international law.

Created in January 2011, ICL Media Review is a daily survey of international criminal and international human rights news and developments which affect international law.

Wayne Jordash specializes in humanitarian law, international criminal and human rights law and transitional justice related issues. He has represented individuals in the UK, at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL).

A series of lectures on legal issues.

I Am The Law is a podcast produced by Law School Transparency. IATL uses informational interviews with new and seasoned law school graduates to convey what the practice of law is really like.

BBC Radio 4’s Law in Action series has ran since 1984 and offers in-depth analysis of legal issues raised by cases in the news. Presented by Joshua Rozenberg, the programme speaks to leading legal figures as well as people caught up in the law about how it affects their lives.

Th pdcast of The Human Rights Blog.

A podcast about Law and Disorder.
The focus is very much international human rights, but it is definitely worth a look

School of Law Podcast Repository.
Podcasts created by created by students and staff from Queens' University, Belfast (focus on the UK rather than the Northern Irish content).

Bringing together legal academics, practising lawyers, judges, artistic contributors and representatives from the third sector, the project is a truly interdisciplinary effort to think about how laws can be made and applied in a more gender equitable way.

Through interviews with victims and perpetrators and original audio, including police tapes and news clips, Boudet tells the stories of disappearances, murders and conspiracies. It deals with the grittier side of the law: sex abuse, torture, murder. For anyone considering criminal law, this will help you find out if you’re really up to it.

TED has nearly 50 videos about law.

Each episode, the hosts will take a topic experienced and enjoyed by regular people, and shine it through the prism of a legal framework.

A BBC4 radio programme offering in depth analysis of specific legal issues by invited legal experts.

A fortnightly podcast for regular advice and updates from experts and special guests, across a wide range of legal and financial topics.