The Legal Cheek Awards 2025 took place in London on the evening of Thursday 15 May 2025, from 6pm until late. We’ll be announcing details of the 2026 Awards in the autumn.
The winners of 20+ different categories of the annual Legal Cheek Trainee and Junior Lawyer and Legal Cheek Barrister surveys were announced over drinks and canapés.
With over 30 years’ experience, there’s a reason why BPP Prepares you better. As one of the UK’s leading law schools, we pride ourselves on working with legal employers, firms, chambers, and regulators to build and deliver professionally relevant courses that prepare you for a rewarding career in law. Our commitment to innovation and practical learning is the reason that we are trusted to shape the brightest legal talent – from the Magic Circle to high street practice, chambers to charities. Each of our courses focus entirely on your employability, developing the practical skills you need as a lawyer to ensure you have that edge to secure qualifying work experience or pupillage. Which is why we invest heavily in technology to provide you with the most effective and dynamic learning experience, one which mirrors life in practice and prepares you to succeed in a modern legal environment. Don’t just be prepared. BPP Prepared.
BPP University Law School is based across the UK – with two centres in London (Holborn and on the South Bank in Waterloo) and centres in Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Leeds and Manchester. We also offer innovative and engaging online learning for those who wish to study remotely.
BARBRI has over 50 years’ proven expertise in preparing aspiring lawyers to succeed in their professional exams. The SQE assessment requires a breadth of knowledge in one multiple-choice exam not previously experienced in the law degree, GDL or LPC. Only BARBRI has the experience to prepare graduates to succeed in this style of assessment. BARBRI supports law firms, universities and graduates by investing in a new pathway to qualification and creating a generation of innovative, adaptable and diverse lawyers.
The University of Law (ULaw) is one of the UK's longest-established specialist providers of legal education, with a rich heritage and reputation for innovation. ULaw boasts over 250 tutors who are qualified lawyers and bring their extensive practical experience to the classroom, as well as a track record in impressive employment and pupillage rates.
We are a fully accredited postgraduate law school based in the UK. We offer highly flexible legal training programmes at competitive prices. We collaborate closely with organisations to build SQE training programmes that work for you, grounded in practical learning and specific to the competencies that matter for your future solicitors. Established in 2019, The College of Legal Practice formed as a wholly-owned UK subsidiary of The College of Law in Australia; a not-for-profit provider and market leader with over 50 years of experience in legal education and training.
Created in 2015, HBW Consulting specialises in assisting law firms with Early Careers attraction and engagement. We help with the whole process: from initial strategy and purchasing, to analysis, campaign management, marketing and content creation. We also work with law firms on their D&I and apprenticeship strategies.
