Category: Analysis

The haunted jurisprudence of ‘ghost law’
Future magic circle trainee Will Holmes asks -- are ghosts legal? 👻

Revealed: The extreme working hours of big-paying US law firms in London
Some junior lawyers are finishing work after 11pm most nights

What lawyers’ response to the printing press tells us about the future of legal tech
Future magic circle trainee Will Holmes looks at the legal profession's somewhat rocky record with technology

Legal Cheek listed law firm fund chalks up 38% increase in just six months
Puts the FTSE 100 and S&P 500 in the shade

What Emperor Claudius would have thought about the City law pay war
Money and law have always had a complicated relationship

Which unis offer law grads the best chance of securing a job?
New stats reveal the law schools with the highest -- and lowest -- 'positive outcomes' 15 months down the line

Listed law firms prove resilient to market turbulence
Is the legal profession the new gold?

Pressure to generate returns forces listed law firms to think outside the box
Investors aren’t interested in how many offices firms have got or other traditional prestige metrics

Law firms’ soaring share prices yield Bitcoin-esque rewards 🚀
Some investors who took the plunge last year sitting on huge profits

Could the Gamestop craze reach law firm stocks?
As the Legal Cheek fund surges by 15%, our listed law firm columnist wonders if a Reddit-driven windfall could be around the corner

Is it worth investing in listed law firms?
Legal profession's stock market performance was poor last year but 2021 could bring a recovery

The law firms with the swankiest offices in the UK
Cue major office envy

Revealed: The law firms with the best perks 2020
Junior lawyers are a pretty pampered bunch but which firms offer the perkiest of perks?

Which uni law graduates earn the most?
102 law schools, ranked by median grad salary

Released under investigation: The real reason why fewer people are being charged with offences
Criminal barrister Rhys Rosser explains how RUIs have had some very unintended consequences

The private prosecution of Boris Johnson – what happens next?
Criminal barrister Rhys Rosser explains

The best law firms for peer support — 2019 edition
Winner to be announced at the Legal Cheek Awards on 21 March, alongside a host of other categories

Revealed: The best law firms for work/life balance – 2019 edition
The outfits bucking the 'all work no play' trend

The law firm canteens dishing up the most delectable cuisines – 2019 edition
A rundown of the corporate outfits leaving rookies hungry for more

The best use of social media – 2019 edition
The vloggers, bloggers and Instagram-ers bringing the law to life