Lawyer Work-Life Balance

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    No business like show business - Olswang film law doyenne on her Oscars glory

    By Legal Week | March 1, 2011

    Olswang's Libby Savill talks about her co-executive producer role for the Oscar-winning film, The King's Speech

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    Crumble beginnings - the corporate lawyer who quit the City to make cupcakes

    By Legal Week | February 22, 2011

    Prior to March 2009, I could be found behind a desk at one of London's premier law firms. But baking had always been one of my passions, and it was at this point that I decided to leave the City behind and pursue my dream of establishing a cupcake company. It was time to say goodbye to soft offers, mergers and corporate law and hello to soft sponge, margarine and cocoa powder. No longer strutting down the corridors in a suit and stilettos, I can now be found wearing an apron, usually with a smear or two of icing sugar on my face. Meetings are now called tastings and conference calls still remain, but what could possibly be more fun than discussing wedding cupcake towers with a bride and groom-to-be?

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    Make your money work for you - the financial logistics of becoming a partner

    By Legal Week | February 15, 2011

    Becoming a partner is a huge achievement but the financial logistics need some attention. Mark Tootill explains how the move from employed to self employed will impact your bank account...

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    What's in it for me? The benefits on offer at the UK's top 10 law firms

    By Claire Ruckin | February 8, 2011

    With top law firms all clamouring to attract new recruits from the same limited pool of candidates, it is easy to judge the leading firms by headline figures such as pay - and there is clearly little distinction on that front. Yet putting aside the debate over which firm offers the most lucrative package, there is a new battleground emerging, with firms standing out due to marked differences in their benefits packages. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer head of human resources (HR) Kevin Hogarth comments: "Firms have become more savvy in recognising that they all have to remain competitive with each other in terms of what benefits are on offer. If there is a significant difference, it can make a difference to the talent a firm attracts.

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    The double life - the rough and the smooth of a client secondment

    By Legal Week | February 1, 2011

    Secondees have always been a popular demand from clients. With law firms more often than not covering the cost of the placement, they not only benefit from their advisers having a better understanding of their business, but at a more fundamental level secondments frequently fill a resource gap. And secondments rarely leave law firms disappointed. Invaluable experience, specialised knowledge and greater understanding of the client rapidly convert law firms into advocates of sending their junior lawyers - and increasingly, partners as well - on secondments. But what do lawyers themselves get out of it, and do the benefits of a secondment outweigh the flaws?

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    Mr Popular - CC's uber-networking senior partner Stuart Popham on a life in law

    By Suzi Ring | January 25, 2011

    From aspiring banker to heading the world's largest law firm - Stuart Popham has travelled a long distance in his career. Suzanna Ring finds CC's outgoing senior partner lives up to his rep as the best-connected lawyer in the City...

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    The cost of a good education

    By Legal Week | January 18, 2011

    Your child's education could be the most important investment you ever make. Smith & Williamson's Lanying Burley and Mike Fosberry advise on the various savings options in the wake of increasing school and university fees

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    From the ground up - ex-lawyers who found success going it alone

    By Sofia Lind | January 12, 2011

    "Lawyers don't make natural entrepreneurs, with law firm training geared towards risk management and cautiousness." This sentiment from one former lawyer sums up the general feeling about lawyers as businessmen. While a number of lawyers have successfully cashed in their chips to start afresh with their own businesses, it seems that many of the City's finest believe these ex-lawyer entrepreneurs to be the exception rather than the rule.

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    All I want for Christmas - City lawyers' Xmas wishes

    By Legal Week | December 7, 2010

    Some of London's senior lawyers tell Legal Week their Christmas wishes...

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    Off the clock - how pro bono can enhance lawyers' fee-earning work

    By Legal Week | November 30, 2010

    I was recently honoured to receive the International Bar Association (IBA) annual Pro Bono and Access to Justice Committee Award and was asked by the IBA to provide my pro bono biography. Most lawyers I should imagine do not have a pro bono biography; pro bono work is often undertaken ad hoc. I was no exception. When putting this together, I was genuinely surprised by the large number of pro bono projects I have been involved with over my nine years at Allen & Overy (A&O). There has been no great plan behind this. My pro bono commitments have been rather opportunistic in a sense.

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