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Ex-Eversheds Trainee Banned From Profession After Sexual Assaults

The former trainee carried out the assaults at a party held by a fellow trainee.
2 minute read

Law.com

How I Made Partner: 'Learn What Drives Your Firm's Economics and Use That Information to Make Your Self Indispensable,' Says Brett Solberg of DLA Piper

"Become an expert at the substance of something useful but relatively obscure. Publicize that expertise. Find excuses to travel and meet colleagues."
6 minute read

International Edition

Private Equity Rising Stars: Europe's Best Up-and-Coming Lawyers 2022

After months of research the list of the 25 best young private equity lawyers across the U.K. and Europe has been announced.
27 minute read

National Law Journal

The 2022 NLJ Awards: Professional Excellence—DC Rising Stars

We are pleased to present our 2022 D.C. Rising Stars. Selected from a competitive pool, our 40 honorees represent a cross-section of practice areas.
1 minute read

International Edition

Partner Regrets Are Bigger Than We Think

Everyone has caveats when discussing regrets but that is only natural, writes the London Lawyer. Plus: The Canary (Wharf) in the Coal Mine.
6 minute read

International Edition

Judges Known for Sexual Harassment Should Be Identified, Courts in Victoria Australia Urged

The report by retired judge Julie Dodds-Streeton KC did concede, however, that it is difficult to take strong action against judges given their 'constitutionally-protected status'.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

'Publix Ignored Every Red Flag': Supermarket Sued After Killing of Toddler, Grandmother

"In an age of active shooters, this store chose not to have security despite the multiple gun deaths in their stores in recent years," Sean Domnick, a shareholder at Domnick Cunningham & Whalen, said.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

An Unlikely Source of Insight for Female Attorneys: LawyerTikTok

Female attorneys are leaving the practice of law. Although this isn't a new problem, it's a problem that has plagued the legal profession for decades. Many departures go unexplained and leave legal employers reeling. While answers may be hard to come by, I suggest that legal employers look to an unlikely source for information: TikTok.
9 minute read

International Edition

Largest UK Firms Ramp Up Number of Black Lawyers in Latest Trainee Intake

HSF and Clifford Chance had the highest percentage of Black trainees in their latest intakes, recording 16% and 14.3% respectively, compared with the UK national proportion of 4.1%.
4 minute read

International Edition

Regrets? Maybe A Few, Say Older Partners Looking Back at Their Work-Life Balance

As the junior lawyer 'entitlement' debate rages on, some senior members of the profession are looking back on their careers with wistfulness for what might have been.
11 minute read

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