Author: adam-mawardi
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From army captain to NewLaw entrepreneur
Simmons & Simmons’ Peter Lee reflects on his unusual route to partnership and explains how COVID-19 has accelerated change within the legal profession
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Nottingham Uni Law Society targets carbon negative first
Green goal follows City firms' pledge to ditch law fair merch
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What the second lockdown means for employment lawyers
Bryn Doyle, an employment partner at Squire Patton Boggs’ Manchester office, talks furlough and restructuring on the high street
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Teaching teenagers is harder than studying law at Harvard, says ex-English teacher in viral TikTok
Second year law student Rachel Cohen says her stress was higher before switching careers
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Junior barrister imagines Boris Johnson and top Tory MPs as fictional QCs in hilarious Twitter thread
Filled with plenty of QC quips and lawyer in-jokes
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The life of a project finance lawyer
Deji Adegoke, senior associate at White & Case, explains how green spending and infrastructure investment will drive recovery from the COVID crisis
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Life at a US law firm in London
A panel of Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP lawyers discuss opportunities for growth in the post-pandemic world
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Paul Weiss lawyer dies at 107
Mordecai ‘Mordie’ Rochlin joined the firm in 1937 and worked from his 32nd floor office well into his 100s
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Training contract numbers return to pre-financial crash levels for first time
Annual rookie registrations jump by over 500 to 6,344
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The ‘exciting and unusual’ caseload of a private wealth partner
Taylor Wessing’s Ronald Graham explains how the private wealth practice area is driving the COVID-19 recovery
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Films, food parcels and online lectures: The life of a self-isolating law student
Legal Cheek spoke to Lancaster Uni’s Alex Dietrich about her lockdown experience
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Kirkland & Ellis chopping boards are actually a thing
MoneyLaw firm makes move into kitchenware?
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The day-to-day life of a private equity partner explained
Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s Gavin Gordon considers the opportunities for private equity clients post-COVID-19
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Law student gives birth during bar exam
Finishes assessment the next day
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From eSports to influencers: The hot new practice areas law students need to know about
Bird & Bird lawyers discuss the innovative industries that will shape the post-COVID world
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9 things City lawyers miss about the office — as told by The Office GIFs
With help from Michael Scott and the gang
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How coronavirus has led to a surge in work for employment lawyers
CMS trainee Oliver Bristow explains why employment lawyers are more in-demand than ever
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#MyRoutetotheBar: Tweeting barristers share their unconventional career paths
Features advice from a former window cleaner, lifeguard and nightclub DJ
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Allen & Overy lawyers on the global remote working revolution
Partners from New York, Brussels, Amsterdam and London share their thoughts
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7 must-watch Netflix docs for law freshers
This counts as studying, right?
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The ‘new normal’ — a City lawyer’s perspective
Hogan Lovells’ Chris Hutton reveals what he’s missed about working in the City and why COVID-19 puts lawyers in a unique position