Ethos & Mission
For the first in the family.
Per Curiam exists because the law is far easier to enter if you already know someone inside it. We are trying, in a small way, to change that.
Who we write for
We write first for state-school and first-generation students who are thinking about the law and are not sure it is a world they are allowed to want. Students without a barrister at the dinner table, without a school that explained what a tort was, without the quiet confidence that comes from belonging somewhere before you arrive. We were those students. We are writing for the next ones.
Free, and staying free
Everything here is free. No paywall, no login, no need to know the right people first. The case library in particular is built for a reader meeting these cases for the first time, written so the argument can be followed and not merely the name memorised. A law degree assumes you have already read them. We are trying to make that assumption a fair one.
Our charitable commitment
A charitable purpose sits at the centre of this review, not at its edge. No one here is paid, and Per Curiam takes no money for itself. A share of anything we ever raise, through sponsorship or otherwise, goes to widening access to the law for students like the ones we write for.
We would rather name a partner and a figure than gesture at good intentions. We will set both out here, plainly, and report what we have given as the review grows.
Alongside any money, the contribution we can make now is the work itself. Clear, rigorous, free writing about the law is a small act of widening participation, and it is the one within reach of a few students with a domain name and some evenings to spare.
Why it matters
The law decides who is heard. A profession drawn from a narrow part of the country will keep missing the same things, however well it means to do otherwise. Widening who writes about the law, and who feels invited to study it, is a small part of widening who practises it. That is the part we can do, so we are doing it.
Per Curiam. Founded 2025, by students, for students.
Get involved
If this is the kind of thing you want to write, or you teach students who might, see submissions or write to us at editors@percuriam.co.uk.