Lawyer Work-Life Balance
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International Edition | Features
What Have Leading Lawyers Been Reading Over The Summer?
By Jack Womack | August 31, 2022
Nordic noir, T.S. Eliot, and Monica Ali. Here are a wide range of book recommendations from several of the UK industry's top names, including Sir Nigel Knowles, Quinn Emmanuel's Richard East and Travers Smith's Kathleen Russ.
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International Edition | Features
Destroying the Myth of the 'Gladiator' Lawyer
By Gail J. Cohen | August 11, 2022
George Strathy, the chief justice of Canada's largest court system, is urging law firm leaders to help combat stress and anxiety in the legal profession. Law firms are listening.
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International Edition | Expert Opinion
How to Build a Culture that Attracts and Retains Talented Lawyers
By Dareth Finn | July 28, 2022
For most firms, improving retention and attraction of talent can be accomplished by acting with more intention throughout the hiring process—and beyond it.
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Slaughter and May To Welcome Dogs Back Over Summer As Firm Mulls Monthly Fixture
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | July 22, 2022
The firm's first trial of the offering, held in June, was hailed by one lawyer at the firm as a "huge success."
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London Law Firms Encourage Remote Working As Temperatures Sizzle
By Jack Womack | July 19, 2022
Temperatures are expected to hit 38 degrees celsius in the London capital today.
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A&O's Managing Partner On Taking 'Prudent' Decision to Hold NQ Pay
By Rose Walker | July 18, 2022
'We're all clearly entering a more challenging business environment and there has been a softening of [client] demand in recent months,' says Gareth Price.
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International Edition | Analysis
The Law Firm Disrupted: The Morgan Stanley 'Back To Office' Letter, One Year Later
By Dan Packel | July 15, 2022
By all accounts, the pre-pandemic routine of five days a week in the office is largely dead, and the offices of several firms that serve the bank will be particularly quiet in August. But this fall might be different.
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Partnership And Motherhood? An Old Debate Resurfaces
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | July 14, 2022
After a Clifford Chance partner shared her experiences of being a partner and a parent, she ignited a LinkedIn debate on the topic.
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Hogan Lovells Refreshes Appraisal System and Secondee Opportunities to Appeal to Next Generation
By Rose Walker | July 5, 2022
The law firm has evaluated its approach to career progression for its lawyers and staff as a new generation of talent seeks more from employers.
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How Important is Happiness Anyway?
By Rose Walker | June 24, 2022
As a summer of discontent seems to be settling in the U.K., how can law firms improve their peoples' moods?
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