Lawyer Work-Life Balance
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The opportunist - how one foreign lawyer turned a holiday into a legal career
By Rose Orlik | January 19, 2012
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...
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A chorus of approval - structured finance meets harmonised vocals as A&O does Carmen
By Legal Week | January 12, 2012
More used to being in the audience than on stage, last November a troupe of Allen & Overy lawyers and staff took over Sadler's Wells to play Carmen. Carine Chassol reports how her amateur operatics landed her a role in the firm's production
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Clinging to the ivy - law firms and retirement
By Legal Week | November 30, 2011
When it comes to retirement, law firms – and their partners – don't make life easy, say Mairi Eastwood and Bill Knight
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App happy - Kemp Little on the top 10 apps for lawyers
By Legal Week | November 23, 2011
Kemp Little's Andy Moseby pools the collective experience of a firm of tech geeks to identify the top 10 apps for lawyers
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The wandering wig - combining a career at the Bar with a passion for travel writing
By Legal Week | November 16, 2011
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
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The jury has the last word - campaigning against the death penalty in Texas
By Legal Week | November 9, 2011
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'
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Generation game - the young lawyers following in their parents' footsteps
By Georgina Stanley | November 2, 2011
"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...
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Generation game - the young lawyers following in their parents' footsteps
By Georgina Stanley | November 2, 2011
"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...
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'He's a human rights lawyer, you know' - barrister Adam Wagner on what drew him to a career in human rights law
By Legal Week | October 26, 2011
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...
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What I wish I knew when I left uni - the profession's finest offer some life advice
By Legal Week | October 19, 2011
They say hindsight is 20/20 – London's senior lawyers offer their very best advice to Legal Week readers...
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