Category: Interview

Films, food parcels and online lectures: The life of a self-isolating law student
Legal Cheek spoke to Lancaster Uni’s Alex Dietrich about her lockdown experience

A life of crime
Chris Daw QC on life at the bar, his newly released book and venture into ‘vlawging’

Exclusive interview: Man who brought private prosecution against Boris Johnson faces ‘financial ruin’ over £200,000 debt
Uncertainty over Marcus Ball’s future comes despite crowdfunding over £500,000

2020s is the decade of legal change, says Richard Susskind
Exclusive interview: AI and online courts will flourish and replace 'old ways of working'

Why the SQE won’t change Russell Group law degrees
Ken Oliphant, head of Bristol University Law School, explains why he foresees only tweaks around the edges to the traditional LLB

From lawyer to legal entrepreneur: You’re programmed to be risk averse — but you can’t fear failure
Mary Bonsor, co-founder and CEO of F-LEX, chats to Legal Cheek ahead of her appearance at the Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019 on 22 May

Exclusive interview: We met the Nottingham Uni law grad trying to stop Brexit
Legal Cheek sat down with social media star Femi Oluwole to discuss his journey from law to politics

How my disability sparked my entrepreneurial spirit
Yasmin Sheikh on her transition from City lawyer to diversity advocate

The Apprentice exclusive: Solicitor Sarah Ann Magson reveals she won’t be quitting law anytime soon
Legal Cheek sits down with BBC show's latest firee

Lawyers who ‘daydream about another life’ are in the wrong job
Dana Denis-Smith on her journey from Linklaters lawyer to founder of a multi-million pound company

A conversation with barrister Jamie Susskind about his new book Future Politics
What does the transformational power of technology mean for law students and lawyers?

Why I quit Mishcon to launch my own law firm
There’s no reason why lawyers shouldn’t be successful entrepreneurs, Brandsmiths founder Adam Morallee tells Reviewed & Cleared's David Burgess

Why one lawyer quit the daily grind to launch his own tech company
The law has a habit of inhibiting entrepreneurship, says Lexoo founder and CEO Daniel Van Binsbergen, as he speaks to fellow legal entrepreneur David Burgess, the founder of Reviewed & Cleared

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

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

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

‘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

‘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

‘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

‘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

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