Hi,
I'm half-way through my LLB now, and am just about to start W300, having done W200 and W201 (which I passed much to my amazement!). I thought I'd share some of the legal bloggers and tweeters that I read and follow -- more suggestions much appreciated!
On Twitter there's @garyslapper of course, who always has anecdotes and interesting bits of information to share. He's very helpful around exam time too. @John_Cooper_QC always has an eye on the legal issues of the day, and @DavidAllenGreen (aka Jack of Kent) is handy with the bon mot. @CourtNewsUK can be a bit tabloid, but posts potted summaries of interesting and high-profile cases.
Top of the blog list has to be magistratesblog.blogspot.com/, written by a small group of serving Magistrates. They're being a bit cagey at the moment due to some vague advice about blogging, but some of the old posts make fascinating reading. www.headoflegal.com/ writes some very focused, informed, and sometimes personal stuff about hot legal topics. Finally and for something a bit different, www.patrickpretty.com/ is a US reporter who writes about the extreme and bizarre end of fraud in that part of the world.
Does anyone have their own favourite legal stuff to add to the list?
Cheers
- Ian
(oh, and there's rainbow.chard.org/ at which I occasionally write stuff about law and current affairs -- nothing like a bit of shamless self-promotion :-) )


Hi Ian,
I too, have just started W300. Thanks for sharing your links.
I suscribe to
crimeline.info - regular criminal updates, reports and articles
emplaw.co.uk - employment law reports emailed regularly
casecheck.co.uk - civil and criminal reports with links to judgments, as well as articles
accountingweb.co.uk - includes legal updates relating to tax and accounting
the guardian housing network also sends me housing policy and law comments and legal/political updates
I also find that many chambers' websites have blogs or articles of interest, usually covering important cases they have been associated with.
Hope you're enjoying W300 so far.
Branwen