Legal Cheek is the most-read legal website in the UK.
Each month our combination of news, analysis, careers advice and insider insight on the leading law firms and chambers operating in the UK attracts over a million pageviews.
We also have a large following on social media, with over 400,000 followers across Instagram, LinkedIn, X, Facebook and TikTok, as well as a campus ambassador networking spanning almost all of the UK's university law schools, as well as the main law schools in Ireland, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Legal Cheek is also well known for its student events, virtual law fairs, annual Awards and legal education and training conference.
Alex Aldridge is the founder and publisher of Legal Cheek, who also contributes as a regular blogger. Previously he was a columnist writing about law and education for The Guardian, associate editor of Legal Week and a writer for Times Online.
Thomas Connelly is Legal Cheek’s editor. Having completed the BPTC at Northumbria University in 2012 he practised as a County Court advocate for a year before joining Legal Cheek in 2013.
Juliet Griffiths is Legal Cheek's head of student engagement, having joined part-time as an administrative assistant in 2020. She studied History at the University of Southampton.
Erin Williams is a senior events coordinator at Legal Cheek. She studied Law at Bangor University before joining Legal Cheek in July 2023.
Samantha Wong is a marketing & events specialist at Legal Cheek. She studied Law at Durham University before joining Legal Cheek in July 2023. She is currently based in London.
Rhys Duncan is the Bar coordinator at Legal Cheek. He studied Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford before joining Legal Cheek in August 2023.
Annabelle Oliver joined Legal Cheek as an events coordinator in May 2024. Annabelle studied English Literature at undergraduate level, before completing the GDL, LPC and SQE2 in London. She is due to start her training contract at a London firm in late 2025.
Lydia Fontes joined Legal Cheek as a writer/researcher in August 2024, having studied English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford. She is due to start her training contract at a London firm in 2027, after completing a law conversion and the SQE.
Angus Simpson joined Legal Cheek as a writer/reporter in March 2025. He studied History at UCL before converting to Law on the MA at the University of Sussex. Angus writes fiction alongside his nonfiction and is based between Brighton and London.