Category: Feature

What the supervisor says Vs What the trainee hears

Junior and senior lawyers speak a different language

Jun 4 2015 11:06am

9 young lawyers to follow on social media for a glimpse into the glamorous side of law

An alternative insight into the legal profession

Jun 3 2015 9:36am

11 weirdly passive aggressive things law students say to non-law students

What is it about non-law students that bring out law students' inner Katie Hopkins?

May 28 2015 9:47am

A letter from Michael Gove: ‘Being Lord of The Chancellors is a really great job’

The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, newly-appointed Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, writes exclusively for Legal Cheek (aided only slightly by Wigapedia)

May 22 2015 10:19am

10 exam struggles that only a law student will understand

Should have done a geography degree

May 20 2015 9:56am

‘Grayling and Gove attempt to go unnoticed’ — the London Legal Walk in pics and tweets

The legal great and good were in attendance for yet another successful charity walk -- but were there some unwelcome guests?

May 19 2015 11:07am

5 ways to dodge work during your training contract — and still get retained

Pacing yourself is essential for a long and fruitful career: in a guest post an anonymous solicitor -- who writes the must-read Corporate Drone blog -- sets out the tricks

May 13 2015 2:41pm

Now it’s time for top City partners to go into the age-guessing mincer

Have a guess, how old do you reckon the guvnor is …?

May 7 2015 3:42pm

Which Game of Thrones character is your law firm?

Maybe don't use these in a training contract application

Apr 22 2015 10:17am

What judges say Vs. what judges mean

"I consider this application, in accordance with the Overriding Objective" = "Eeeny-meeny-miney-mo"

Feb 4 2015 9:52am

Christmas sing-a-long: ‘Working in a Mitchell Wonderland’

Now for a Jackson reforms-themed Christmas sing-a-long

Dec 22 2014 9:31am

The language of the legal directory: decoded — 2014 edition

Wigapedia returns to make his annual translation of the Legal 500

Oct 10 2014 8:53am

What your Instructions say Vs. what they mean

A guide to what instructing solicitors are really telling barristers.

Mar 26 2014 9:25am

‘The unacknowledged truth about advocacy is that it’s a sales job’

Casting my mind back 20 odd years to when I started out at the Bar is an uncomfortable experience. On any objective assessment I was a pompous little know-it-all...

Apr 19 2013 9:33am

‘I had no idea how important law was while I was studying it in individual slabs’

If I knew then what I know now, I’d have been keener to study law. At school I’d wanted to study history at university and only ended up reading law after an unforeseen episode, writes Gary Slapper

Jan 25 2013 9:00am

‘A barrister’s rhetorical flourishes can be seductive, but eventually they become an irritating distraction’

Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I...

Dec 7 2012 11:40am

‘The Chances You Don’t Take Are The Ones You Regret’

Ed note: This is the first in a series of posts where leading members of...

Oct 26 2012 10:20am