Going solo – particularly if you’re a lawyer leaving the security (and pressures) of a big firm – are challenges that can be daunting. But there are rewards. And professional satisfaction. And risk. She started the law firm mid-year to focus on her clients and, as she told the NY Law Journal, to avoid the […]
Legal giant Dentons have announced the formation of an in-house solutions consultancy designed to capitalize upon the demands from in-house counsel. The new group, called Nextlaw In-House Solutions, is a strategic consultancy service involving more than 50 former general counsel globally, designed to provide a multi-disciplinary service to in-house counsel. Pressure on legal fees and
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Reece Witherspoon’s portrayal of Elle Woods, the sorority girl who became a Harvard Law student, has reportedly lead to hundreds – nay, thousands – of women becoming law students (or at least going to law school). We know this because she told Wall Street Journal in an article, saying: “At least once a week I have
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Michelle Frey It’s a video that didn’t play well with many victims of sexual harassment, let alone lawyers and others who saw the FoxNews Hannity interview with sexual harassment attorney Mercedes Colwin take issue with some who complaint about such matters. To give this some context, Colwin is the New York office managing partner of
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So how about this for a law firm business plan? – no time sheets, no traditional partner structure, full profit-sharing . . and an objective to be one of the fastest growing law firms in the UK. For Sarah Goulbourne, who started her legal shakeup in a Costa Coffee shop at the age of 45
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Appleby, the ‘Paradise Papers’ law firm behind the latest tax papers hack involving 13.4 million papers, is an amount calculated to be around $US10 trillion. Among those whose financial affairs are mentioned in the hack are politicians, celebrities like Bono (left), business leaders and include Queen Elizabeth, the President of Columbia Juan Manuel Santos; and the U.S.
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A UK study has found that one-third of law students regret taking their degree and even more found that the degree was not value for money. The Student Academic Experience Survey had asked over 14,000 undergraduate students in the UK : ‘If you knew what you know now, would you have chosen another course?’, resulting in
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A London law firm that uses an array of sexy images on its social media accounts is now in the midst of a minor scandal over an alleged phony ad seeking “a pretty lawyer to impress Asian clients.” UK law blog Legal Cheek said Bloomsbury Law Solicitors was the firm involved, but the firm says it was
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Harvey Weinstein’s in more trouble than you can shake a stick at, which means hiring attorneys fast. And in Harvey’s case in particular he’s turning – surprise, surprise – to the lady lawyers. Will that work, though? The fired movie mogul is an old hand at hiring attorneys and has used several of the best
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Law Society elections are usually pretty tame affairs, but not this week’s battle in Queensland, which has pitted faction against faction and become a battle royal with the decision by current leaders to run for re-election. Mostly, past presidents slip down the rungs of office, but for the third time in nearly a century the
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