Category: Comment

Money and law have always had a complicated relationship

BTC graduate and aspiring barrister Kieran Alker recounts his 'frustrating' experience and suggests a way to improve the process

Boris Johnson, meet the Catholic Relief Act

'Law firms live by the sword of positive client feedback, but they also die from the sword of bad press', writes employment solicitor Chris Hadrill

In the wake of that Lord Kilclooney 'Indian' tweet, mature law student Laurence Cooper casts a critical eye over parliamentary standards

The PM is an honorary bencher. Some 'do-gooder' needs to put a stop to that, says mature law student Laurence Cooper

Unlike his recent predecessors, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland wants to see more people in prison, says CJ McKinney

What comes after the pandemic may not be good for MoneyLaw salaries

As law schools shift exams online in the wake of the coronavirus, one aspiring lawyer reveals her first encounter was 'mostly positive'

Co-founders of 'Queer Lawyers of Tomorrow' Olivia Reily and Owen Hussey on the challenges they faced and why they set-up their new diversity platform

Young Legal Aid Lawyers urge Legal Cheek readers to back motion to block regulations

We will seek to ensure online assessment arrangements are fair for all, writes BSB director of regulatory operations Oliver Hanmer

Former BPTC student and future barrister Sarah Ismail considers why

'I feel I have effectively been forced out of the profession', a junior family solicitor writes

They should look to the past before making decisions on trainees' futures

Pandemic puts question mark over corporate law's love-affair with swanky spaces

Husnara Begum reflects on life as a teetotalling magic circle trainee in the nineties

Durham Uni Law School chief urges regulator to postpone SQE

Crispin Passmore warns against super-exam delay

‘No longer can a law firm dangle a training contract in front of paralegals or insist that getting a job in a firm’s onshore centre is not a route to qualifying’

Focus on innovation, the North and alternatives to higher education could impact lawyers