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Law Careers: From Courtroom to Boardroom

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Slaughter and May’s Steve Cooke Joins Brunswick in Strategic Career Pivot Law career changes are occurring with increasing frequency across multiple levels of the legal profession. The latest high profile change reported by the Financial Times is for Steve Cooke, the head of Slaughter and May is set to join Brunswick, a public relations group,

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Freshfields lawyer Rob Colvin awarded City’s Wig & Pen Prize for pro bono work

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) Senior Associate, Rob Colvin, has been awarded the Wig & Pen Prize in recognition of his commitment to pro bono legal work over the last decade. Awarded jointly by the City of London Law Society (CLLS) and City of London Solicitor’s Company, the Wig & Pen award celebrates the pro bono

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How Today’s Lawyers Are Redefining Their Measure of Law Career Success

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A Corporate Lawyer Looks At Today’s Lawyers’ Differing Law Career Expectations Starbucks corporate counsel director Brittany Johnson discussed the evolving landscape of legal careers and the changing nature of newer generations of lawyers, who have redefined how ‘success’ in their legal careers is measured. In an article in Bloomberg Law, she wrote that the current

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From High Stakes to Traffic Court: A Top Lawyer’s Unexpected Career Turn

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Stephen Swedlow, a prominent lawyer who climbed to the top of Quinn Emanuel has made an unexpected career move by trading his lucrative partnership for a position in traffic court. >> Does A New Job Beckon? Check Here Swedlow, 52, left Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan last year after winning a seat as a judge

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