Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

'Many people don't get pupillage the first time they apply'

Criminal barrister Hannah Evans bucks the public school trend. Educated at a comprehensive to then study law at Oxford, her address at the 'One Bar, one voice' event caused waves among the profession earlier this year as she spoke frankly about the devastating impact the criminal legal aid cuts are having on junior tenants' livelihoods. SJ's Laura Clenshaw talks to Evans about the current state of play