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News'Power' player: LinkedIn influencer handed training contract after boosting online profile
Director says Xiao Pan elevated the firm’s visibility and voice through social media posts.
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NewsMrs Justice Cockerill to be deputy head of civil justice
Announcement follows appointment of Lord Justice Birss as chancellor of the High Court.
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NewsFirm promotions: Hugh Jones Solicitors
Manchester-based Court of Protection specialist appoints team members across key departments.
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NewsSolicitor is first lead coroner for diversity and inclusion
Nadia Persaud, area coroner for London East, hopes her work in new role will ‘encourage a diverse range of young lawyers’ to aspire to judiciary career.
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NewsMemory lane
Gove’s levy plan, 100,000 practising solicitors and professional married women: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsTop-100 firm to give new parents six months' leave on full pay
Foot Anstey says it hopes new and updated policies will help to retain and attract talent to support 'ambitious' growth plans.
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NewsSix new appeal judges as Lord Justice Birss appointed chancellor
Incoming cohort are all barrister silks.
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NewsUK women being let down by justice system cuts
Report evaluating implementation of Istanbul Convention highlights concerns over legal aid provision.
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NewsEx-Whitehall high-flier named as new SRA chief executive
Former top civil servant, a non-lawyer, will succeed Paul Philip later this year.
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NewsDiversity champion for legal sector in King’s Honours list
Relatively small number of solicitors recognised in the latest awards.
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NewsTributes for ‘bright talent’ who died before she could start solicitor apprenticeship
Lily Lammond leaves lasting legacy through fundraising for charitable causes.
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NewsSix in 10 women suffered sex discrimination in past five years
Next 100 Years chief urges firms to redouble their commitment to workplace equality and empower women to speak out.
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NewsDana Denis-Smith to be Society president in 2027
Founder of First 100 Years project elected deputy vice president of the Law Society of England and Wales.
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NewsCarrie Morrison lecture: No room for complacency over equal opportunities
Law Society and Eversheds co-host Carrie Morrison lecture on ‘shaping the future for women solicitors’ .
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NewsSue Stapely, doyenne of legal PR, dies at 78
Former BBC production assistant became the Law Society’s first head of public relations and then ‘invented crisis PR’.
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NewsMore partner promotions as Irwin Mitchell unveils female-only cohort
Meanwhile global firm DLA Piper announces 65 promotions internationally with a quarter of UK partner promotions going to women.
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NewsTributes pour in for employment judge and solicitor Veronica Dean
Practitioner, who has died aged 65, was 'a force to be reckoned with [...] full of compassion and empathy towards others'.
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NewsOver half of new partners are women at Eversheds, Taylor Wessing and Leigh Day
Prominent firms announce partner promotions across UK and Europe and Asia.
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NewsFirm promotions: Simkins LLP
Leading media and commercial law firm Simkins LLP is delighted to announce the promotions of Juliane Althoff, Helena Franklin and Jessica Welch to Partner.
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NewsFundão dam collapse: a catastrophe that led Monica Dos Santos to take up law
Monica Dos Santos lost everything in Brazil’s Fundão dam collapse – then trained as a lawyer to fight for justice.