As regular readers of legalweek.com will have noticed, we've been gradually building up a group of regular lawyer contributors. For the past few months prospective barrister Ekaterina Zelenova has been writing for us about the travails of finding a pupillage – and provoking plenty of comments from readers in the process - while more recently Kate Karakuli, a senior associate at a City firm, has been providing insider instalments on the quest for partnership.

Over the summer, Ayeesha Bhutta, a barrister at Field Court Chambers, and Rebecca Vanstone, a pupil at 3 Temple Gardens, will be providing updates about life at the junior Bar on our new student site. So far, though, we haven't been able to recruit a trainee solicitor/junior associate to write for us. If you've something interesting to say that you'd like to share, we'd love to hear from you – get in touch by emailing [email protected].

We've also had some excellent contributions from lawyers in our Lawyer's Life section – with highlights including a piece about combining law and politics by SJ Berwin partner and shadow solicitor general Jonathan Djanogly, and Denton Wilde Sapte chairman James Dallas's article about his experience of relocating to the Middle East. Again, if you've got a story to tell about your life outside of the office, please get in touch by emailing [email protected].