Interview

Exclusive interview: Love Island solicitor Rosie Williams says she’s not ruling out a return to the law

‘Legally Brunette’ Rosie shares insights into her very glam life

Jul 27 2018 9:32am
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Interview: The Cambridge law grad who shunned legal practice to launch a politics newsletter

Putting a law degree to good use without becoming a lawyer

Jun 7 2018 9:11am
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The super-exam uncertainty that lies ahead

The SQE presents an opportunity ‘to do something dynamic and innovative’, says ULaw chief Peter Crisp, if a clear framework can be agreed

May 15 2018 9:09am
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‘My cerebral palsy may affect my speech and mobility, but it won’t stop me becoming a barrister’

Law graduate Daniel Holt hopes to start BPTC this September and is ‘very confident’ he’ll secure pupillage

May 11 2018 9:09am
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‘I studied law at Cambridge and worked at Clifford Chance, now I own an award-winning Chinese restaurant’

Multi-tasking pro Helen Tse speaks to Legal Cheek about being a law firm partner, restauranteur, businesswoman and published author, all at the same time

May 4 2018 10:24am
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‘I have two law degrees, now I sell juice made from wonky fruit for a living’

Maciek Kacprzyk on why he made the move from law to sustainable food production

Apr 3 2018 9:33am
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‘When I interviewed for Slaughter and May I was living as a man called Matthew, by the time I started my training contract I was a woman called Clare’

Legal Cheek interviews transgender lawyer Clare Fielding

Mar 28 2018 9:33am
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From law school boxing club to representing the most famous boxer in the country: A criminal barrister shares his story

Former amateur super-heavyweight now writing crime thrillers, too

Mar 26 2018 10:11am
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From City law to academia: Dr Steven Vaughan tells Legal Cheek why he sacked off a six-figure salary to teach

Hugging partners in lifts and kissing fellow vac schemers

Oct 13 2017 9:04am
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Gina Miller on her love for Lord Sumption, signing law student autographs and why she only sleeps four hours a night

Legal Cheek interviews the woman who made constitutional law sexy

Sep 14 2017 9:28am
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Miriam González: Now is the time for students to get into EU law

Cash in on the uncertainty

Sep 6 2017 9:14am
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‘I moved to the UK and was appalled by its immigration system, now I’m fighting for reform’

All students should study immigration law, argues Durham prof

Aug 22 2017 9:10am
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Supreme Court president Lord Neuberger talks future plans, Brexit nerves and what the justices do for lunch

Exclusive Legal Cheek interview

Aug 10 2017 2:45pm
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‘I’m the person behind the Liz Truss and David Lidington parody accounts’

The mystery tweeter has a legal and political background

Jul 20 2017 9:59am
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I quit the magic circle to become ‘the new Nigella’, and I have no regrets

Ali Alt waved goodbye to the City to be a full-time foodie

Jul 4 2017 9:27am
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I got in trouble for arguing with a pro-life campaigner at school, now I’m a barrister in the Northern Irish abortion law case

Supreme Court ruled in Jeremy Hunt’s favour this week, now all eyes are on Strasbourg

Jun 16 2017 9:12am
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Politics ‘governs the very air that we breathe’, says former property litigator hoping to topple Jacob Rees-Mogg MP

Green Party candidate talks politics, her time studying law at Oxford, and her law firm being targeted by terrorists

Jun 7 2017 9:08am
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Snap election series: Once fighting for labour rights, now a Lib Dem candidate

Law graduate who once championed miners’ rights in South Africa begins new life canvassing on the streets of east London

Jun 5 2017 9:05am
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Snap election series: Moving from City law to politics means working longer hours for less money

But magic circle solicitor turned Labour MP hopeful Bilal Mahmood says it’s his calling

Jun 1 2017 1:31pm
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Snap election series: The bar is ‘excellent groundwork’ for life as an MP, says lawyer turned Conservative candidate

Suella Fernandes shares her thoughts from the campaign trail

May 30 2017 9:12am
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Meet the London Met law student who took the Government Legal Service to court over her training contract rejection, and won

She’ll be applying again this summer

May 9 2017 9:03am
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We asked the chairman of the Justice Committee what he thinks about Liz Truss

Bob Neill MP also discusses challenges facing legal profession and shares views on Brexit

Mar 21 2017 10:01am
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I used my autism to my advantage and secured a training contract at Reed Smith

Why keep quiet about a disability when it has so many positive aspects?

Feb 13 2017 10:15am
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Why I left Linklaters to work on a game for people with dementia

‘I miss the people and I miss the team, but with great risk comes great reward’

Feb 6 2017 9:18am
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