Legal Cheek Careers
Herbert Smith Freehills litigators share their advocacy tips
Advice from the global disputes frontline
Advocacy
A message from the Court of Appeal: Stop with the ‘grandiloquent’ advocacy
Aspiring advocates, take note
Solicitor-advocate uses client’s Christmas jumper as advocacy tactic
“You can’t send anyone to prison wearing that”
The best advocates are ‘simply born that way’, claims ex-Court of Appeal judge on his new blog
Third rate barristers can become second rate — but not great, says Sir Henry Brooke
Lord Harley in Parking Wars TV appearance
“Harry Potter” lawyer filmed delivering submission during double yellow line dispute
Legal Cheek Careers
‘To be a good advocate you need courage above all’
As a junior barrister Herbert Smith Freehills’ Tom Leech QC could never sleep before a hearing. But he kept going…
‘You Wouldn’t Behave Like That In Court’: Barrister MP Told Off For Heckling Ed Miliband At PMQs
At yesterday’s Prime Minister’s Questions, criminal barrister-turned-MP Michael Ellis heckled… Read more »
‘I’m Glad I Didn’t Know Some Things I Said In Court Were Prattish: Ignorance Gives You The Freedom To Experiment’
Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If… Read more »
‘A barrister’s rhetorical flourishes can be seductive, but eventually they become an irritating distraction’
Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If… Read more »
Five YouTube Clips Every Wannabe Barrister Should Watch
Pupil barrister-to-be OccupyTheInns reveals some unlikely heroes as he advises… Read more »
A Shaft Of Light At The Junior Criminal Bar? Why New Advocacy Assessment Regime Could Be An Opportunity For Baby Barristers
As the Quality Assurance Scheme For Advocates (QASA) consultation rumbles… Read more »
Disillusioned Barrister Unveils Groundbreaking New Advocacy Regulation Regime
The Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) doesn’t impress The… Read more »
Advocacy Standards: ‘The Unsatisfactory Must Go’ (But They Probably Won’t)
The Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) is ostensibly designed… Read more »
Advocacy In Decline…And It’s Solicitors’ Fault, Says BSB Study
A whopping 78% of respondents to a Bar Standards Board… Read more »
‘Solicitor Advocates Are Destroying The Junior Bar’
If advocacy is your calling, don’t try to force the… Read more »
‘I WANT THIS REALLY BADLY’
Follow @FellowsAdam Bar graduate Adam Fellows on why, in spite… Read more »
-
Will disappointing module results stop me getting a magic circle training contract? 
11 things I wish I could tell my law student fresher self 
Ex-UEA criminal law lecturer who fled court during indecent images trial given three-and-half-years in prison 
8 things you’ll only understand if you study law at King’s College London 
The history of rape laws: Some might find it hard to believe, but the law is a lot better now
