Podcasts
Although not technically fiction, here are a selection of recommended podcasts to give an alternative route into legal tales. Take a listen on your way into University!
- First 100 YearsThis 10-part series charts the history of women in legal professions and discusses key themes including gender stereotypes, the work/life balance and diversity.
- The Happy Lawyer ProjectHear stories of legal professionals who have worked for change in their industry and community, and who have managed to find a way to create balance in their own lives.
- I Am The LawI Am The Law is a podcast produced by Law School Transparency. IATL uses informational interviews with new and seasoned law school graduates to convey what the practice of law is really like.
- Law in ActionJoshua Rozenberg presents Radio 4's long-running legal magazine programme, featuring reports and discussion on matters relating to law.
- Law Pod UKLaw Pod UK covers developments across all aspects of civil and public law in the United Kingdom. It is brought to you by the barristers at 1 Crown Office Row, and is presented by Rosalind English and Emma-Louise Fenelon.
- The Media Law PodcastThe Media Law Podcast features news from the world of Media Law and debate on topical issues. It’s intended to be a useful resource for students of Law, Journalism, and Media & Communications, and also for academics and practitioners in those fields.
- Round My Kitchen TableEvery week Guardian law columnist Alex Aldridge, Bircham Dyson Bell lawyer Kevin Poulter and a guest meet round Alex’s kitchen table to discuss the week’s big legal events over a bottle of wine.
- SerialSerial tells one story — a true story — over the course of a season.
Serial is a podcast from the creators of This American Life, hosted by Sarah Koenig. - Sword and ScaleSword and Scale covers the underworld of criminal activity and the demented minds that perform the most despicable and unthinkable actions.
- Talking Law - Women in the Law UKPresented by multi-award winning barrister Sally Penni, Talking Law profiles leading figures in UK law as they discuss the highs and lows of their career plus the challenges and realities of the legal profession. From Women in the Law UK.
- Thinking Like a LawyerThinking Like A Lawyer is a podcast featuring Above the Law’s Elie Mystal and Joe Patrice. Each episode, the hosts will take a topic experienced and enjoyed by regular people, and shine it through the prism of a legal framework.
- UK Law WeeklyA weekly podcast on recent legal decisions and news.
- Up and VanishedAtlanta filmmaker Payne Lindsey of Tenderfoot TV originally envisioned Up and Vanished as a true-crime documentary. Lindsey selected a missing-person case from his home state, Georgia, and embarked on a journey as an amateur investigator.