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By Legal Week | May 14, 2014
Berwin Leighton Paisner's legal services provider Lawyers on Demand has launched a transaction-based service offering clients a low-cost means of carrying out routine transactional work.
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By Alex Newman | March 23, 2014
Barclays' in-house team is to offer work experience places to undergraduates, amid plans to launch legal apprenticeships from 2015.
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By Alex Newman | October 3, 2013
Senior in-house lawyers aspiring to top corporate jobs need to work in business areas outside of legal, according to United Biscuits chief executive Martin Glenn (pictured). The former head of PepsiCo in UK and Ireland made the comments at Legal Week's Corporate Counsel Forum last month.
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By Alex Newman | July 25, 2013
Lloyds Banking Group's two most senior lawyers have moved into a job-sharing arrangement, in a high-profile example of changing attitudes towards flexible working in the legal profession. Group general counsel Andrew Whittaker (pictured) and his deputy Kate Cheetham have agreed a flexible working plan following Whittaker's move to the bank in May from the Financial Services Authority, where he was also GC. Though Cheetham works full time, she effectively shares the leadership of the legal team with Whittaker, who is contracted to a 0.6 full-time equivalent post. The duo said Whittaker's regulatory experience complements former Linklaters lawyer Cheetham's background in corporate law.
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By John Malpas | July 4, 2013
Fifteen of the UK's top 30 law firms by revenue have either set up their own low-cost legal centre or are sending routine legal work to legal process outsourcing (LPO) providers, according to research conducted by Legal Week. Several other leading firms are reviewing their options, including Stephenson Harwood, which is considering opening a low-cost legal centre, and SJ Berwin, which is in early stage talks to outsource its document production team.
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By Legal Week | March 18, 2013
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), Hogan Lovells and Eversheds are among a line-up of eight City firms spearheading a new initiative to promote diversity and multiculturalism for all legal sector employees. NOTICED, which will be launched at the Law Society this Wednesday (20 March), will feature a series of events at which legal professionals from all backgrounds can network, debate diversity issues and share good practice, in an effort to make the legal industry more accessible and boost cultural awareness.
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By Legal Week | November 23, 2011
Overall employee satisfaction has increased among lawyers – however, dissatisfaction over bonus schemes has reached a new low. Vanessa Ip reports
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By Suzi Ring | June 29, 2011
Clyde & Co, CMS Cameron McKenna and Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) lead their key peers in providing a rewarding lifestyle for their lawyers, according to a flagship research project from Legal Week. The research shows Clydes emerging as the highest-ranked top 20 UK law firm in terms of providing a rewarding lifestyle and personal experience for its staff, closely followed by CMS and BLP.
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By Young Lawyers Advisory Board | December 28, 2020
OP-ED: Was there anything positive for young attorneys?
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By Jonathan Erway | December 23, 2020
Mandelbaum Salsburg Welcomes Partner, Counsel Mandelbaum Salsburg in Roseland brought on two attorneys. Health-care partner Alex Keoskey joined…
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By New Jersey State Bar Association | December 21, 2020
Boost your career and help a nonprofit—NJSBA Leadership Skills Series on board service
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By Jared Coseglia, TRU Staffing Partners | December 21, 2020
Like the stock market of 2020, some sectors in the legal technology job market soared with new opportunities while other areas halted, right-sized, RIF'd, and now aim to rebuild, re-establish buy-in, and re-staff.
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By Heather J. Hulit | December 17, 2020
I've spent a lot of time ruminating on my role as an attorney in light of all that I am observing—the disparate impact of COVID-19, the political unrest over elections, the rising up of oppressed people all over the nation.
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By Sarah Feingold | December 16, 2020
Once upon a time, in a faraway Zoom conference, a group of women gathered to learn the secrets of landing a board position.
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By Jonathan Erway | December 16, 2020
McCusker Anselmi Names DaSilva Chief Administrative Officer McCusker, Anselmi, Rosen, & Carvelli (MARC) in Florham Park selected Rosemarie (Rose)…
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By Katheryn Tucker | December 15, 2020
"Atlanta owes its origins to mass transportation, planes, trains, etc.," former Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears said. "It was our past, and it is our future. I couldn't be more pleased, especially at this stage in my career, to assist this city continue to blossom as a significant transportation hub."
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By Meg Pritchard | December 15, 2020
Taking action—any action—will make you feel successful and ready to take on more. And you will have set yourself up for more and greater successes by putting in place the building blocks for larger marketing efforts.
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By Katheryn Tucker | December 14, 2020
"I pledge to continue the great legacy of this office by working closely with our law enforcement partners to ensure that justice is served," said newly named Acting U.S. Attorney Peter B. Leary.
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