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CC's pro bono hours up 10% as firm looks to increase lawyer involvement

Clifford Chance (CC) has increased the number of hours its lawyers spend on pro bono work by 10% in 2012-13. The magic circle firm's annual corporate responsibility report values the time invested in pro bono work at £19.2m. Lawyers at the firm spent a total of 55,348 hours on pro bono matters during 2012-13, up from 50,324 hours in the previous year.
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Hot property – why expensive offices continue to burden law firms

For a conservative bunch, lawyers can be pretty vain. And it seems that property is one of their biggest vanity projects. The top UK and US law firms undoubtedly occupy some of the best office space in the City – and all done out to a high spec. And while you could argue that firms are obliged to follow their high-end clients to the most central locations, it clearly boils down to more than that. Given the location and standard of K&L Gates' London base at One New Change, it was an open secret it is among the most expensive offices in the City. But news this week that the UK partnership spends the princely sum of £8.4m annually on property – equating to more than 20% of the turnover the London arm brought in last year – demonstrates the scale of the firm's commitment.
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Taking action over Jackson – even senior lawyers need time management software

I need to start with a health warning and a disclaimer. I am not an IT specialist – less still a 'techie'. Over the years, I have maintained an impatient dialogue with legal IT suppliers and support firms. Most of the time my questions are along the lines of: "Why can't I just see a report that tells me [any example of currently impenetrable management information]?" Some days it can descend to: "If internet telephony is so [expletive deleted] marvellous, why does it sound like I am making a trunk call to the Outer Hebrides in 1947?" Or even more bizarrely: "What do you mean it won't export to Excel?"
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DLA Piper gaming star takes up non-exec role at software developer

DLA Piper gaming partner Hilary Stewart-Jones has left the firm's partnership to take up a board role at software developer Playtech. Stewart-Jones, a leading member of DLA Piper's City intellectual property and technology group, has taken up a non-executive director position with the gaming developer. She will remain a consultant for DLA Piper.
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Wragges elects projects chief as new managing partner

Wragge & Co has appointed projects head of projects David Fennell as its new managing partner in an uncontested election. Fennell (pictured) will replace current postholder Ian Metcalfe, taking up the role from April next year. Metcalfe will assist Fennell during a handover period beginning at the start of January. Metcalfe, who has been managing partner since 2006, is returning to practice and focus on building his corporate client base.
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K&L Gates UK paid out more than its profit in 2012

K&L Gates UK limited liability partnership (LLP) paid out more in in remuneration in 2012 than it made in profit, accounts published on Company's House reveal. The UK partnership made payments to members to the tune of £5.36m in remuneration and profit shares, despite profits before taxation standing at £3.61m for 2012.
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Former Fulbright competition co-head joins Brodies in Edinburgh

Brodies' Edinburgh office has re-hired Norton Rose Fulbright regulatory and competition partner Rod Lambert. Lambert, who trained at the Scottish firm before moving to London, joins Brodies' public law and regulatory team, where he will advise clients on antitrust litigation matters including cartel defence, antitrust compliance and merger control.
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International Edition

Ashurst cuts 120 London jobs as redundancy round closes

Ashurst is set to cut 120 roles from London following the conclusion of a redundancy consultation that had placed 350 roles at risk. Following the announcement in June it was set to open a low cost centre in Glasgow, Ashurst put 350 London support roles at risk of redundancy. Of these, 120 London roles will be lost with staff given the option to transfer up to Glasgow.
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International Edition

Not a lot of polyglots – cultural understanding lost through lack of linguists

As recently as a decade ago it would have been pretty easy to count the number of countries where top UK law firms had set up international offices. Now, as their client base becomes ever-more global and competition for work at home intensifies, this is no longer the case. If school level French, Spanish or German could ever have got you through your dealings with international counterparts, they certainly can't now as clients look further afield to Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
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International Edition

The first step on the ladder – what this summer's batch of vacation scheme interns have learnt

For aspiring lawyers, vacation schemes are an essential path to career progression. Grant Murgatroyd speaks to this summer's batch of interns and finds out that the chance to network and socialise with employers can be as vital as the actual work...
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