Excellence Awards 2014: creme de la creme
Going the extra mile is key to winning a Law Society Excellence Award. We speak to one of last year’s judges and past recipients of the Gazette Legal Personality of the Year accolade.
How To: combine two careers
Is it possible to pursue a second vocation alongside the law?
Litigation funding: calling for backup
The costs of commercial litigation are tougher to finance post-Jackson. Alternative financing models are coming to the market, but will they succeed in plugging the funding gap?
Judicial diversity: minority interest
It is eight years since judicial selection was overhauled, but improving diversity is turning out to be a difficult and slow process.
How to: survive and thrive
Tips from the Law Management Section roadshow in Birmingham.
Romania: after the party
Romania continues to grapple with the malign legacy of Nicolae Ceausescu, but its legal sector is thriving.
Duggan, inquests and transparency
The inquest into the shooting of Mark Duggan would have benefited from greater transparency.
How To: run an alumni network
A growing number of law firms want to stay in touch with people who move on. What are the reasons why and how can you reconnect?
In business
Legal aid hiring headache
The recruitment world is buoyant, but for legal aid lawyers problems persist.
Beware the ‘drizzle-maker’ partners
Law firms’ marketing departments should work closely with new lateral hires to ensure business success.
City failing in hunt for talent
School statistics demonstrate that City firms do not have to look far to find high-achieving young people.
The labour market isn’t working
Law firms and legal departments that are in a position to be more imaginative when hiring will end up with better people.
Fly-fisher’s guide to business development
When trying to win new clients, preparation and patience are required.
