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De Brauw Managing Partner Steps Down After Just Over Two Years, Citing Need for 'A Break'

He will return to the firm's litigation and arbitration practice after a summer sabbatical.
2 minute read

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Firms Must Pay More, Get Greener and Not Treat Restaurant Staff Like Dirt

If firms are serious about attracting and retaining talent, they would do well to look this week's news for examples of what to do - and what definitely not to do.
4 minute read

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How Lawyers Can Prevent Burnout

A former Big Law associate on her tips for avoiding burnout in the profession.
4 minute read

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LawCare Expands Online Chat Function For Struggling Lawyers

The U.K. legal industry mental health charity is responding to the pressures rampant across the legal sector.
2 minute read

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Stephenson Harwood Cuts Pay For Remote Workers

Remote working contracts brought in during the pandemic have now been extended to longstanding members of staff.
2 minute read

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Life Is Not A Straight Line, Even For Lawyers

This week showed us that shake ups to career plans don't always need to end badly, and newly minted partners should bear that in mind.
4 minute read

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How I Took Leave From and Returned to My Firm to Manage My Depression

Mike Kasdan shares his personal story of going through depression while working for law firms, which culminated in his taking a medical leave last year and then returning to his firm earlier this year. He shares his views on how we can change the legal industry for the better.
14 minute read

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Herbert Smith Freehills Allows UK Staff To Swap Public Holidays

The scheme will allow staff to take up to three public holidays at different times throughout the year.
2 minute read

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US Litigator's Death By Suicide a Lesson For the Industry as We Emerge From Pandemic

"I think this is also a lesson to a lot of us, who may take this work more seriously than it needs to be taken, that we need to sometimes decompress and take a break," McLaughlin's partner Paul Lauricella said.
6 minute read

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Norton Rose South Africa CEO to Step Down Over Ill Health

COVID-19 has been a contributing factor to her condition.
2 minute read

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