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Paul Hodkinson

Paul Hodkinson

Paul Hodkinson is the Editor-In-Chief of Law.com International and of all ALM Global Coverage. Before joining the company in late 2018, he was the Deputy Editor and Comment Editor of Financial News, part of Dow Jones. He has also held roles as Acting Editor of Financial News and Editor of Private Equity News and has written for The Wall Street Journal as well as numerous private equity publications in the U.S. Before that he was a reporter covering the U.K. legal market. [email protected]

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April 24, 2024 | International Edition

Video: Regional Competition in the Middle East

Law.com International's editor-in-chief Paul Hodkinson reports from Dubai.

By Paul Hodkinson

1 minute read

April 19, 2024 | International Edition

Video: UK Firms' Gradual Client Erosion

Law.com International editor-in-chief Paul Hodkinson discusses the implications for UK law firms when they lose mandates and clients that go to the US.

By Paul Hodkinson

1 minute read

April 16, 2024 | International Edition

A Two-Way Conversation: Wellbeing in the Legal Profession

The legal sector's workforce is not less invested in work, but they are equally as invested in their self-care and see work/life balance as a core component of this.

By Brent Harris, Major, Lindsey & Africa

6 minute read

April 14, 2024 | International Edition

Post Office Scandal Shows We Must Make Access to Justice Easier for Claimants

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's goal is to constrain access to funding and deny people like Alan Bates the ability to bring their claims.

By Susan Dunn

4 minute read

April 14, 2024 | International Edition

Can You Be a Diligent Parent And an Equity Partner?

Gender diversity progress at the equity partnership level has ground to a halt and long-term targets are not working—probably because the system discriminates against primary carers, writes the Global Lawyer.

By Paul Hodkinson

6 minute read

April 10, 2024 | International Edition

Lawyer, Mother and the Dark Night of the Soul: What We Are Doing to Women at Law Firms

Given everything I had been told about my firm caring about retaining women, I had no doubt it would be open to a flexible work request. It didn't cross my mind it would say no.

By Megan Gray

6 minute read

April 08, 2024 | International Edition

How I Deal With Stress: A Clifford Chance Partner on Feeling Overwhelmed and Accepting Help

In the third in a series on how senior lawyers are confronting their mental health challenges, CC's UK head of global financial markets Matt Fairclough talks about vocalising his problems and weekly psychotherapist sessions.

By Paul Hodkinson | Habiba Cullen-Jafar

4 minute read

April 04, 2024 | International Edition

How I Deal With Stress: A Travers Smith Partner on Reaching 'Breaking Point'

In the second in a series of Q&As with partners about how they cope with life in law, funds partner Will Normand of Travers Smith opens up about subjects too often ignored in corporate law.

By Paul Hodkinson

7 minute read

April 03, 2024 | International Edition

Postal Scandal Sheds Light on Shady Litigation Funding

On the Post Office litigation, funders rode to the rescue but then hijacked the spoils—we need to reform the system, says former MP Seema Kennedy.

By Seema Kennedy OBE

4 minute read

March 28, 2024 | International Edition

How In-House Teams Should Approach Generative AI

Let this mantra be your guide in bringing your legal team with you on the change journey: 'AI should work for the legal team, not the other way around.'

By Catherine J. Moynihan

4 minute read