Category: Feature
9 things that happen when legal brains attend music festivals
As a lawyer it can be hard to just enjoy the show
What the supervisor says Vs What the trainee hears
Junior and senior lawyers speak a different language
9 young lawyers to follow on social media for a glimpse into the glamorous side of law
An alternative insight into the legal profession
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?
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)
10 exam struggles that only a law student will understand
Should have done a geography degree
‘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?
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
7 unforgettable images to remember Chris Grayling’s time as Justice Secretary by
Good riddance, Chris, it has been a blast
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 …?
Which Game of Thrones character is your law firm?
Maybe don't use these in a training contract application
What judges say Vs. what judges mean
"I consider this application, in accordance with the Overriding Objective" = "Eeeny-meeny-miney-mo"
Christmas sing-a-long: ‘Working in a Mitchell Wonderland’
Now for a Jackson reforms-themed Christmas sing-a-long
The language of the legal directory: decoded — 2014 edition
Wigapedia returns to make his annual translation of the Legal 500
What your Instructions say Vs. what they mean
A guide to what instructing solicitors are really telling barristers.
‘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...
‘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
‘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...
‘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...