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Links to Law Media web sites (not all are free access)
Photograph of satellite terminal antenna outside smart office building to illustrate this section on media links.  Image (c) FreeFoto.com with thanks.   UK Law Media

Consilio - an excellent (free) on-line law magazine aimed at law students and practitioners.  Register for their (free) newswire and get up-to-the-minute UK related legal news and amusing anecdotes.  Free-to-register site includes useful articles and tutorial materials.  Recommended.

BBC Law in Action - regular magazine programme on BBC Radio 4 - web site includes listen-again option for the most recent programme.  Recommended.

legalweek.com - on-line edition of the well known weekly publication.  See also their student section which offers a free news e-mail service.

The Lawyer.com - an on-line law web-zine aimed primarily at practitioners.  E-mail news service is free.  See also their LawZone section.

Law Gazette - On-line service from The Law Society with news, opinions and features.

The University of Newcastle upon Tyne publishes a Web Journal of Current Legal Issues which contains a searchable archive.

The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting - details moved to the Publishers page.

Daily Telegraph Law Reports - free registration gives you access to the whole on-line newspaper including the Law Reports section which is updated every Thursday by Westlaw UK.  Law Reports remain on the site for one week only.   Free registration required.

Times Law Reports - a useful section including a student-oriented section that does not change very frequently.  Frequently contains articles written by Professor Gary Slapper, head of the OU Law Programme which are well worth reading.   Sadly they charge for access to the archives.  Free registration may be required to read the articles on the site.

The Grauniad - on-line edition of the popular daily.  Extensive political sections but no law section.  No registration required.

The Independent - national newspaper site that is useful for articles on law, politics and constitutional matters.  There is no fixed law section on their web site at the moment.  No registration required.

 
 
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