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Nostalgia for sale - how one lawyer turned a passion for movie posters into a day job
Harbottle & Lewis’ Andy Millmore tells Sofia Lind how his passion for collecting old movie posters turned into a business venture
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00 | 
The opportunist - how one foreign lawyer turned a holiday into a legal career
Romanian-born Ligia Bob made the most of her holiday to England four years ago, eventually landing an assistant solicitor rol, as Rose Orlik reports...
20 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
Clinging to the ivy - law firms and retirement
When it comes to retirement, law firms – and their partners – don’t make life easy, say Mairi Eastwood and Bill Knight
01 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
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App happy - Kemp Little on the top 10 apps for lawyers
Kemp Little’s Andy Moseby pools the collective experience of a firm of tech geeks to identify the top 10 apps for lawyers
24 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
The wandering wig - combining a career at the Bar with a passion for travel writing
Mixing a criminal negligence practice with voyages to far-flung places, John Gimlette is one of a number of travel-writing barristers. Melanie Stern reports
17 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
The jury has the last word - campaigning against the death penalty in Texas
During an internship with Amicus, a charity that campaigns against the death penalty, 5 St Andrew’s Hill’s Sara Williams learned about the harsh laws in the state of Texas and the difficulties of defending ‘monsters’
10 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
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Generation game - the young lawyers following in their parents' footsteps
"You would have thought they would have seen their parents and learned their lesson..." - Despite seeing the long hours and hard work their parents put in, many offspring are not put off from following them into law, writes Georgina Stanley...
03 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
'He's a human rights lawyer, you know' - barrister Adam Wagner on what drew him to a career in human rights law
Barrister and leading blogger Adam Wagner explains what drew him to human rights law – apart, of course, from Bridget Jones’s Diary – and offers a few tips for aspiring practitioners...
27 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
What I wish I knew when I left uni - the profession's finest offer some life advice
They say hindsight is 20/20 – London’s senior lawyers offer their very best advice to Legal Week readers...
20 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
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The thrill of the race - going offshore the old-fashioned way
Sailing is a popular competitive sport and leisure activity for people living in the Channel Islands and, together with a longstanding but friendly rivalry between the islands of Jersey and Guernsey, the inter-island yacht race is a compelling event. ...
06 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
Starting out strong - partners who founded their own firms
Converting the dream of running your own successful law firm into the reality of creating a successful enterprise that can compete against a market steeped in history is a challenging task. And as the firm grows, almost as challenging is maintaining t...
29 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Moving on up - the realities of the journey from Bar to bench
As the only High Court appointee from a five-strong round this year to already carry a judicial title, Judge Henry Globe QC marks the exception rather than the rule. Called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1972, Globe started out like most, working w...
22 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
The libel survivor - what it's like to be faced with a gruelling libel claim
Between 2007 and 2011 I was embroiled in what has become one of the most controversial libel cases in recent history. The claimant in my case wasn’t a Russian oligarch, an A-list celebrity or an Arab billionaire (groups who seem to issue writs li...
15 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Stress and the City - the charity on call for struggling legal professionals
In an increasingly competitive legal sector it is understandable that many lawyers are unwilling to admit to human weakness, but those counselling struggling legal professionals believe that the number failing to cope has risen notably in recent years...
08 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Olympic mettle - the impact of 2012 on employers
Freshfields’ Sam Barnes highlights the issues that could arise for employers during London 2012 and how they can overcome them to use to their advantage
28 Jul 2011 | 00:00 |
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