Category: Feature
David Beckham plea-by-post highlights concerns over open justice
New procedure is labelled ‘justice-light’
A selection of Legal Cheek’s top 15 Instagram posts
30,000 followers and counting...
A year in the world of Legal Cheek: The top 15 stories of 2018
From a Love Island lawyer to a Donoghue v Stevenson inspired statue -- but can you guess which is our most read article over the past 12 months?
12 Christmas struggles only a law student will understand
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How to get through a training contract while recovering from a serious injury
City trainee Clive Wong explains how he juggled work commitments with months of rehabilitation
Should law firms recruit two years in advance?
There are pros and cons to the lengthy recruitment process, says future trainee solicitor Fraser Collingham
‘Alexa, who dunnit?’ Amazon Echo could be pivotal evidence in double murder trial in the US
Judge orders disclosure of device's recordings
8 horrors of being a law student
From petrifying printing costs to soul-crushing training contract rejections -- law school can be a scary place
5 things that will inevitably happen to you during your first year of law school
From caffeine addiction to the horrors of R v Brown
How I used the Equivalent Means route to qualify as a solicitor without doing a training contract
It’s a tough way in, but for those who want it enough this new way into the profession is a great opportunity, writes newly qualified solicitor Eman Hassan
How mobile phones are helping forensic scientists catch murderers
Digital forensics is a growing area, but don't be fooled into thinking it's infallible
How one Westminster law student makes money photographing her law revision notes
50,000 people follow her journey through law school
A ‘golden ticket’ to training contract glory, or losing its shine? Legal Cheek explores the Oxbridge law degree
Recruitment teams still dazzled by high-status law schools, despite so-so performance in rankings
The story of Christabel Pankhurst, the law graduate suffragette barred from joining an Inn
We pick up the trail of the female suffrage campaigner coined 'Queen of the Mob' by the press, 100 years after (some) women got the vote
What would Donna do? Seven lessons learnt from Suits’ Donna Paulsen
Aspiring lawyer Christianah Babajide thinks there's plenty law students can learn from the iconic TV character
How the surge in LLB numbers is shaking up legal education
Fierce debate rages around how many law students can be taught by a single university
How religion has fallen, for law to take its place
Philip Wood, a QC and former Allen & Overy partner, pens book on why lawyers are the new priests
The threat of lawtech is a huge opportunity, if you’re willing to leave the training contract rat race
A new career path where law graduates are in high demand has been paved
Rise of the robots: Meet the law students participating in the tech revolution
Ditching dusty books for coding courses