In between covering news of mergers (many involving Dentons), big name lateral partner moves, financial results and firm-wide strategy shifts, Legal Week has also produced a number of agenda-setting features in 2015.

Here's our top 10 picks of our most popular long-form content over the last year.

1) Rising stars: the new wave of dealmakers at top UK and US law firms
In this piece we profile some of the up and coming corporate partners making their names within the London arms of leading international law firms . All of them have had to build their closest client relationships and books of business post Lehman. In the related article Generation Crunch, they discuss the reality of proving themselves in the wake of the financial crisis.

2) On borrowed time – why long hours are damaging lawyers' health
All-nighters are often viewed as a given for M&A lawyers today. But while it may be an accepted practice, for some it can be very damaging mentally and/or physically as this piece investigates. A separate analysis of our research demonstrated that some 80% of senior lawyers believe their health is being damaged by the long-hours culture.

3) In depth: full analysis of the LLP accounts of the UK top 50
LLP accounts offer a far truer reflection of firms' financial performance. Here we put the 2013-14 accounts of the UK's top 50 law firms under the microscope.

4) British Legal Awards 2015 – who won what and why?
It goes without saying that the event itself was popular and this article offering insight into why the independent judging panel selected the firms it did proved just as popular.

5)Staying in the game – female partners discuss the challenge of making it in the macho world of M&A

6) The Dewey diaspora – former London partners on life after the world's largest law firm collapse
Three years after Dewey went under we spoke to ex-partners in London about rebuilding their lives post Dewey.

7) Notes on a scandal – how law firms can avoid the pitfalls of social media
In the wake of that Clifford Chance trainee YouTube scandal we asked what law firms should do in the event of a social media PR disaster.

8) UK top 50 push average PEP to new high as leading firms struggle to achieve top-line growth
All our coverage of the 2014-15 performance of the UK's 50 largest law firms.

9) The perfect pitch – why pitching skills are at a premium for law firms
Legal Week on how firms turn their lawyers into salesmen.

10) As Freshfields looks to Manchester, can top law firms ignore the nearshoring stampede?
It's a trend that doesn't appear to be going away: but do all firms need to set up a nearshoring venture? In a related article we also tried to work out the Call of the north: why law firms are piling into Manchester.

Other long form highlights of the year include:

Senior moment – are law firms missing out on talent by having so few partners over 50?

'A great leader, good humoured and fairly normal' – how Gideon Moore won over Linklaters' partnership. Our profile of the runners and riders in the contest was also very well read.

Rain check - do today's law firms need rainmakers?

Legal Week Best Legal Employers 2015: Gen Y lawyers crave praise and flexibility alongside top-quality work

Bullying – the truth about the issue all firms say they have under control

The Germany problem - why some international law firms are slimming down in the country