Lawyer Work Life Balance

Grow your capital

By Legal Week | October 14, 2009

Lawyers: neglecting your personal finances will cost you thousands in tax and lost opportunities during your career. Perhaps the biggest problem you face is finding the time to dedicate to your finances and take advantage of the tax breaks available to you. Help is at hand.

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Sometimes it was 'poor', other times 'woefully ineffective'

By Legal Week | October 12, 2009

Former magic circle trainee Dominic Webb on management in City law firms... Should lawyers be running large law firms? They are bright people, after all. Some will have natural leadership skills, of course. But as a breed, can lawyers actually run their firms well?

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International relations

By Legal Week | October 6, 2009

That law firms are devoting increasing amounts of time and effort to pro bono projects is nothing new. But, with international firms keen to involve as many of their lawyers as possible, the types of opportunities available are changing. In particular, the number of projects either benefiting those in developing counties or involving an overseas trip is on the increase. International efforts look likely to grow further still next year as two leading organisations in the sector - the International Lawyers Project (ILP) and Advocates for International Development (A4ID) - both look to expand initiatives outside the UK. Significantly, both are keen to pick up more senior lawyers.

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International Edition

International relations

By Legal Week | October 6, 2009

That law firms are devoting increasing amounts of time and effort to pro bono projects is nothing new. But, with international firms keen to involve as many of their lawyers as possible, the types of opportunities available are changing. In particular, the number of projects either benefiting those in developing counties or involving an overseas trip is on the increase. International efforts look likely to grow further still next year as two leading organisations in the sector - the International Lawyers Project (ILP) and Advocates for International Development (A4ID) - both look to expand initiatives outside the UK. Significantly, both are keen to pick up more senior lawyers.

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From Silk Street to Soho restauranteur

By Legal Week | September 30, 2009

Eschewing glow-in-the-dark tikka masala and Bollywood-inspired eateries, former Linklaters lawyer Mathew Chandy charts his journey to budding restauranteur...

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International Edition

From Silk Street to Soho restauranteur

By Legal Week | September 30, 2009

Eschewing glow-in-the-dark tikka masala and Bollywood-inspired eateries, former Linklaters lawyer Mathew Chandy charts his journey to budding restauranteur...

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That tricky next step

By Legal Week | September 23, 2009

One enduring memory former Linklaters managing partner Tony Angel has of his childhood is driving down from the family home in Hendon, north London, to his father's clothing shop in Mile End and seeing the Thames "stuffed full of ships". Then in 1966 the port of Tilbury opened and, recalls Angel, "within a very short space of time the river became completely deserted".

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'I'm glad those tutors put me back in my box'

By Legal Week | September 14, 2009

Ex-magic circle lawyer Dominic Webb fondly recalls his days on the Legal Practice Course (LPC)...The LPC certainly comes in for some flak nowadays. And rightly so, in some respects. Many of the criticisms levelled against it are entirely justified

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The tax man cometh

By Legal Week | September 9, 2009

Partnerships, like all businesses in the UK, will continue to face many new challenges over the next few years as a result of the economic climate. As a result, a large number of firms have already taken drastic steps in reaction to these economic pressures. But now partners of these firms, as high net-worth individuals, are facing challenges to their personal finances, for example, the forthcoming changes to income tax rates, personal allowances and tax on savings in April 2010. Partners who overlook these changes do so at their peril.

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International Edition

Assistance needed

By Legal Week | September 1, 2009

You could be forgiven for wondering whether legal secretaries are just suckers for punishment. Serving as the right hand of many a dealmaker, often working unsociable hours to be at the desk before their boss and balancing demanding clients and egos, nonetheless their role within the modern law firm is often overlooked. But most partners will tell you a good PA is worth their weight in gold, with several not just taking responsibility for the traditional diary management, but also attending partner meetings and even becoming involved in partner hires.

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