Last week legalweek.com received arguably its best-ever Career Clinic post – from a hirsute City lawyer identifying himself only as ‘Beardo’, who poured scorn on the notion that growing a beard is a sure-fire way to commit professional suicide.
“For some years I have sported a neatly-trimmed, Arabic-style beard,” Beardo explains. “Far from holding me back, it has enhanced my career. Admittedly, I have the face to pull it off, but a good-quality beard says you are not afraid to be a little different, which is a rare quality among City lawyers, who all tend to feel a need to conform to a particular stereotype.”
