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Clifford Chance Lawyers Eligible for Two Months Leave Under New Initiative

Lawyers can take two months of unpaid leave as part of a new flexible working scheme at the firm, which is also targeting its former lawyers.
3 minute read

International Edition

Research Finds Some Diversity Initiatives Are Counter-Productive

Women-only groups have been found to have a negative impact while targets and quotas have proved positive.
2 minute read

International Edition

Macfarlanes Promotes Only One Woman in Nine-Strong Round

The City firm has admitted that its measures to improve diversity have not yet come into effect.
3 minute read

International Edition

Busy Lawyers Are Freezing Their Eggs to Focus on Their Careers

Goodwin Procter counsel Jacqueline Klosek's son was born from a frozen embryo. 'To have missed that because I waited too long would have been really hard to accept.'
7 minute read

International Edition

Burnout is part of the profession. How can lawyers avoid it?

Lawyers' personalities, combined with the adversarial nature of the profession and the high-pressure environment of a law firm, make burnout a serious problem in the industry.
10 minute read

International Edition

Are law firms ready for Generation Z? They'd better be

The tweeting, texting new kids on the block are knocking on law firms' doors, and it will take some work for firms to adequately prepare for them.
9 minute read

International Edition

Freshfields targets gender balance on major disputes teams

Push by new disputes heads will see diversity taken into account when selecting lawyers for biggest cases
3 minute read

International Edition

More tech, more problems: the downsides to millennials working remotely

As more millennials take the reins in the legal profession, working remotely is on the rise. But with technological advancements, some note lawyers' mental well-being may suffer.
4 minute read

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Industry heavyweights lined up to judge Legal Week's Innovation Awards

The eight industry heavyweights evaluating fresh approaches include A&O's Ajitsaria, Freshfields' Parker and Taylor Wessing's Ling
2 minute read

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Cadwalader blames restructuring exits as London revenue drops 13%

The firm has grown its global financials but London revenue has fallen after a spate of exits.
6 minute read

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