Career focus

Go to page of 17

Submissions have opened for the 2025 Pro Bono Recognition List of England and Wales.

Fancy a life in crime? The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is currently looking for trainee solicitors and pupil barristers.

Legal professionals looking to get more out of their LinkedIn profiles are invited to a special event in Leeds at Eversheds Sutherland, hosted by TBD Marketing.

Labelled an ‘average boy’ by his school headmaster, Howard Dean has now risen through the ranks to become a partner at Keoghs and president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers for 2025: he discusses defying expectations, changing careers & getting outside of his comfort zone.

A judicial academy has opened, with the aim of helping up to 500 legal executive lawyers become judges in the next five years.

Marc Mason explores the benefits of a more reflective form of supervision for lawyers & their clients

After beginning his legal career as a messenger boy, Timothy Foden is now partner and co-head of the arbitration practice at Boies Schiller Flexner: he discusses the challenges of getting his foot in the door, and the importance of law as a human business

As a legal professional, you’re adept at building strong arguments for clients. But when it comes to securing a mortgage, shaping your financial narrative is equally important

Lizzie Hardy reports on a part-time training initiative shaping full-time inclusion

Launched in 2021, Project Rise is now in full swing at several firms and in-house departments, offering talented aspiring solicitors the opportunity to train part-time

Show

Results

Go to page of 17

E-newsletter Sign-Up

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Read All

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Firm grows international bench with expanded UK partner class

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Firm makes major statement in the capital with strategic growth at The Shard

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Residential conveyancing team expands with solicitor hire

NEWS

Read All

Stress at work for corporate counsel

One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)

Chancery Lane says no to LeO

The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers

Human rights concerns for patients, prisoners & immigration detainees

Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned

Licensing fast-track for conveyancing & probate professionals

Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals

Stress at work? Join the (employment tribunal claim) queue

Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace

Error message

Career focus

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Myers & Co—Jess Latham