Partners at leading City firms face an uphill struggle to win senior roles after a career in law, with the overwhelming majority believing commercial lawyers suffer from an image problem in the wider business community. Results of the latest Legal Week Big Question survey found that 94% of respondents believe commercial lawyers have some level of image problem within the business community, with around one third of respondents claiming it to be a 'considerable' problem.
June 26, 2008 at 02:02 AM
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Partners’ post-law career prospects stall as business community refuses to accept that lawyers have delivered on their claims to be commercial. Emma Sadowski reports on the latest Big Question
Partners at leading City firms face an uphill struggle to win senior roles after a career in law, with the overwhelming majority believing commercial lawyers suffer from an image problem in the wider business community.
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