Category: Feature

Why I regret my magic circle training contract

Career mistakes: Legal Cheek meets a soon-to-be NQ, a paralegal and an LPC student

Jun 20 2017 10:04am

13 things that happened during the Supreme Court’s Facebook livestream

Justices talk Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Liz Truss and much more in video interview

Jun 16 2017 1:10pm

Why I don’t want to become a partner

Yes I’m a City lawyer, but the gruelling hours just aren’t for me

May 11 2017 9:14am

15 things that will absolutely, definitely happen in your law school exams this summer

Will you be the one to get your statute book confiscated?

May 10 2017 9:13am

Why lawyers are particularly vulnerable to mental health issues

Elizabeth Rimmer, CEO of LawCare, shares her tips on how to thrive, not just get through the day

May 8 2017 1:18pm

Fact or Fiction? The truth behind life in a City law firm

An anonymous lawyer offers some myth-busting advice on what he wishes he’d known when trying to break into the profession

Apr 19 2017 9:11am

‘My teacher told me I was too soft to be a lawyer, now I’m a partner at a Knightsbridge firm’

Kevin Poulter tells us why his teacher's terse words encouraged him to pursue a career in law

Apr 18 2017 9:12am

‘Pink Floyd’s manager tricked me into becoming a lawyer’

Why media law partner Mark Stephens has always felt like an outsider in his profession

Apr 10 2017 9:17am

‘What’s the meaning of life?’ and other surreal questions asked to Trump’s Supreme Court nominee this week

We spoke to a constitutional law expert to find out more about America's heavily-politicised judicial system

Mar 24 2017 10:38am

15 hilarious Legal Cheek Facebook posts to celebrate hitting 50,000 likes

A big thank you to all our readers for helping us reach this social media milestone

Mar 15 2017 12:36pm

Why has the Bar Standards Board issued new guidance telling barristers to speak clearly and understand the law?

We spoke to the regulator about its new youth court competences handbook

Mar 8 2017 9:10am

Continental campuses: study law in Paris, Madrid or Helsinki?

Not all with an eye-popping price tag (until Brexit anyway)

Mar 6 2017 9:43am

We asked our Snapchat followers what they’re up to, this is what they said

Warning: contains an unhealthy dose of land law

Feb 28 2017 11:27am

UK Supreme Court justices are hearing death penalty cases

And it's not a 'dirty little secret'

Feb 15 2017 9:48am

11 reasons why you should date a lawyer

We know you want to

Feb 14 2017 8:56am

What went wrong with the firm that morphed into KWM?

Sex, drugs and staff "treated like dirt" -- a former partner shares his first-hand account

Feb 7 2017 9:01am