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My Pride Story: “It’s frustrating when students don’t apply to firms because they ‘won’t fit in’”
- 31 Oct 2016
Colm Kinsella is an associate at Slaughter and May.
Women in law: What makes a great lawyer?
- 24 Oct 2016
For any lawyer aspiring to make partner the ability to win new business has always been critical.
University of Law gets fifth CEO in two years
- 23 Oct 2016
The University of Law has gained a fifth chief executive in two years. Dr Stelios Platis had been in post for only five months.
Demand for tech associates jumps dramatically in 2016
- 23 Oct 2016
The demand for technology, media and telecoms lawyers has risen dramatically in 2016, new research has revealed.
Lo♥︎ing Legal Life: Want to feel better? Change your diet!
- 20 Oct 2016
This week, systemic coach Zita Tulyahikayo and barrister James Pereira QC explain the relationship between mood and food, and how better digestive health can enhance and support wellbeing and brain function.
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Three top tips: how to be a good restructuring lawyer
- 17 Oct 2016
Weil Gotshal & Manges partner Andrew Wilkinson shares his advice on how to be a good restructuring lawyer
My career story: “I left law a year after making partner at Latham”
- 17 Oct 2016
Bobby Reddy trained at Slaughter and May and made partner at Latham & Watkins before quitting law in 2013 to travel. He’s now combining a PhD with a number of other projects.
Three top tips for young lawyers from Withers managing partner Margaret Robertson
- 12 Oct 2016
Withers managing partner Margaret Robertson shares her advice for young lawyers hoping to manage a law firm one day.
How to exit your job
- 11 Oct 2016
Very few people now have a job for life. Law is a great example of a flexible career because lawyers gain so many transferable skills. So what happens when the bubble bursts? Do you have an exit strategy?
Associate conundrums: Speaking with confidence
- 10 Oct 2016
‘It’s not what you say… It’s how you say it.’ The title of the 2004 hard-core underground rap album by late American rap artist Mac Dre.
World Mental Health Day: Common warning signs to look out for in colleagues
- 9 Oct 2016
We all have mental health just as we have physical health, but it can seem more difficult to spot the signs of mental ill health. Former City law firm partner Richard Martin, who following serious mental health illness changed career to advise workplaces on mental wellbeing, tells his story.
Lo♥︎ing legal life: How to communicate calmly during conflict
- 6 Oct 2016
This week, systemic coach Zita Tulyahikayo and barrister James Pereira QC look at how we can manage our emotions and the way we communicate in order to remain calm and resolve conflict in a less stressful way.
Three top tips: How to ensure deals run smoothly
- 3 Oct 2016
Addleshaw Goddard partner Andrew Rosling shares his advice on how to get deals to run smoothly.
Super-exam: SRA aims for 2019 as it revises proposals
- 2 Oct 2016
The new way of qualifying as a solicitor should be in place by 2019 and be built around four key tenets, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has said.
Slaughter and May retention: 89% stay on
- 28 Sep 2016
Slaughter and May has retained 89 per cent of its autumn 2016 qualifiers.
What to do if you’re left without an NQ job on qualification
- 27 Sep 2016
As September draws to an end so too does the autumn qualification round for final seat trainees. Thankfully, by now most newly qualified solicitors (NQs) will be settling into their new roles, be that with the firm they trained with or somewhere completely different.
Women in Law: How to get the critical career-boosting assignments
- 26 Sep 2016
One area that women I coach can find challenging is ensuring that the opportunities they are given, and matters which are assigned to them are as interesting and developmental as they would like them to be.
Three top tips: How to win a place on a legal panel
- 25 Sep 2016
Centre Parcs general counsel Raj Singh-Dehal shares his advice for winning a place on a legal panel.
Work/life quiz
- 25 Sep 2016
David Sims, Contract Lawyer at Vario (from Pinsent Masons) takes the Work/life quiz
Lo♥︎ing Legal Life: why it’s important to challenge your beliefs
- 22 Sep 2016
Systemic coach Zita Tulyahikayo and barrister James Pereira QC consider how successful change requires us to challenge our beliefs and build on the future rather than the past.
