Category: Feature

The definitive guide to university law balls

It’s that time of year again…

Mar 3 2016 9:28am

The solicitors that took their chances on publishing and cake making — without giving up their legal careers

Legal Cheek meets the lawyers that bucked the trend and started up their own businesses

Feb 17 2016 9:05am

Countdown to completion: My four weeks of hell as a London corporate finance lawyer

Three hours sleep and no social life -- what the glossy graduate recruitment brochures fail to divulge

Feb 4 2016 9:19am

We spoke to a top barrister about the effect of spiralling court fees on frontline legal practice

Hardwicke's Jasmine Murphy tells Katie King about behind-the-scenes attempts to keep the cases flowing

Jan 28 2016 9:52am

Stop chasing the pot of gold: there’s no future for wannabe criminal lawyers

You’ll earn more money working down the pub

Jan 25 2016 11:24am

Junior lawyers open up about stress

Challenges of the job becoming less of a taboo

Jan 19 2016 9:50am

We spoke to a London human rights lawyer about China locking up human rights lawyers

He describes the arrests as “obviously unjustified”

Jan 18 2016 12:34pm

The solicitors who quit the City to work in sexy areas of law

Get a TC, get some money and then get out to do crime and media work

Jan 13 2016 9:42am

The 15 most popular Legal Cheek stories of 2015

A look back on the posts that hauled in the most hits

Dec 29 2015 10:07am

Criminal barristers are paid £2.40 an hour but I still see why people want to do their job

Legal Cheek's Katie King meets a bunch of broke bar rookies -- and is charmed

Dec 15 2015 12:18pm

The mood shifts from targets to quotas

Well-meaning pronouncements on gender diversity are so 2010

Nov 19 2015 9:45am

Incredible Pro Bono Week stories show huge impact that lawyers can make

From injustice in India to parking problems in Essex, the widespread benefits of pro bono trumpeted during celebratory week

Nov 12 2015 1:27pm

The unintentionally positive effects of the Witchcraft Act are still being felt today

Laws against witchcraft were pivotal in the creation of modern concepts of evidence; they also gave women a voice in court as witnesses

Oct 30 2015 10:00am

The top 15 law fair freebies of 2015

The stash creating the biggest stir on campus

Oct 29 2015 9:51am

Firms Most List 2016: US hyper elite pay most and hire more graduates in London

Magic circle under pressure as Americans lead UK market

Oct 5 2015 12:20pm

Why ‘following your passion’ isn’t always the best advice

Law can be tough, but it provides a better grounding than a job in a trendy start-up, argues an anonymous magic circle trainee solicitor

Oct 1 2015 9:55am

What it’s like to do jury duty when you are a barrister

Hardwicke's Andy Creer experiences life on the other side of the courtroom

Sep 23 2015 9:54am

The Judge Rules: Amal – she’s famous for being a film star’s wife. Get over it

Everyone is fascinated with Mrs Clooney precisely because she is Mrs Clooney

Sep 4 2015 10:15am