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BBC Radio 4's Law in Action was broadcast on Tuesday, 25 July, 2006 at 1600 BST.
Two of our main parties are headed by politicians whose former career was at the bar. Coincidence?
Tony Blair and Sir Menzies Campbell are among the many parliamentarians who are also lawyers. Out of all professions represented in the Commons, the law is second only to teaching. Why do so many lawyers end up as lawmakers?
And is it an advantage when it comes to climbing the ministerial ladder? Two MPs who practised as barristers, Simon Hughes and Michael Howard, discuss how it has helped, or hindered, their careers.
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