Having blogged last week about how the revolution in law still shows no sign of actually turning up, I got the chance this week to size up the current level of innovation in the profession while doing my bit to help the judging process for the 2009 British Legal Awards.

The award-winners are decided by an independent panel of judges made up of general counsel and retired lawyers, but this year Legal Week‘s editorial team has taken on the job of whittling down the entries into shortlists for our judges’ consideration.