About Legal Cheek

Legal news, insider insight and careers advice.

Legal Cheek is the most-read legal website in the UK.

Each month our combination of news, analysis, careers advice and insider insight on the leading law firms and chambers operating in the UK attracts over a million pageviews.

We also have a large following on social media, with over 400,000 followers across Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok, as well as a campus ambassador networking spanning almost all of the UK's university law schools, as well as the main law schools in Ireland, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Legal Cheek is also well known for its student events, virtual law fairs, annual Awards and legal education and training conference.

Alex Aldridge

Alex Aldridge is the founder and publisher of Legal Cheek, who also contributes as a regular blogger. Previously he was a columnist writing about law and education for The Guardian, associate editor of Legal Week and a writer for Times Online.

alex@legalcheek.com

Thomas Connelly

Thomas Connelly is Legal Cheek’s editor. Having completed the BPTC at Northumbria University in 2012 he practised as a County Court advocate for a year before joining Legal Cheek in 2013.

thomas.connelly@legalcheek.com

Juliet Griffiths

Juliet Griffiths is Legal Cheek's events manager, having joined part-time as an administrative assistant in 2020. She studied History at the University of Southampton.

juliet.griffiths@legalcheek.com

Erin Williams

Erin Williams is an events coordinator at Legal Cheek. She studied law at Bangor University before joining Legal Cheek in July 2023.

erin.williams@legalcheek.com

Anuja Venkataramani

Anuja Venkataramani joined Legal Cheek as a writer and researcher in July 2023. She studied law at Durham University, later completing a Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) at the University of Oxford, and is soon to start a training contract at a US firm’s London office.

anuja.venkataramani@legalcheek.com

Sophie Dillon

Sophie Dillon joined Legal Cheek as a writer and researcher in September 2023. She studied law at Newcastle University before completing a Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) at the University of Oxford. She is an avid hiker and regular Netflix binger, based in the hills of the Peak District.

sophie.dillon@legalcheek.com

Samantha Wong

Samantha Wong is an events coordinator at Legal Cheek. She studied Law at Durham University before joining Legal Cheek in July 2023. She is currently based in London.

samantha.wong@legalcheek.com

Saad Khalil

Saad Khalil is an events coordinator at Legal Cheek. He completed his law conversion masters from the University of Law in September 2023 and joined Legal Cheek soon afterwards. He is also a qualified lawyer in Pakistan and a tech enthusiast.

saad.khalil@legalcheek.com

Rhys Duncan

Rhys Duncan is the Bar coordinator at Legal Cheek. He studied Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford before joining Legal Cheek in August 2023.

rhys.duncan@legalcheek.com

Annabelle Oliver

Annabelle Oliver joined Legal Cheek as an events coordinator in May 2024. Annabelle studied English Literature at undergraduate level, before completing the GDL, LPC and SQE2 in London. She is due to start her training contract at a London firm next year.

annabelle.oliver@legalcheek.com