Author: adam-mawardi

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

Nov 16 2020 2:10pm

Nottingham Uni Law Society targets carbon negative first

Green goal follows City firms' pledge to ditch law fair merch

Nov 9 2020 9:30am

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

Nov 6 2020 11:45am

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

Nov 5 2020 9:28am

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

Nov 2 2020 1:08pm

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

Oct 29 2020 1:06pm

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

Oct 27 2020 11:31am

Training contract numbers return to pre-financial crash levels for first time

Annual rookie registrations jump by over 500 to 6,344

Oct 26 2020 11:44am

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

Oct 19 2020 12:28pm

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

Oct 16 2020 9:17am

Kirkland & Ellis chopping boards are actually a thing

MoneyLaw firm makes move into kitchenware?

Oct 15 2020 10:32am

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

Oct 14 2020 11:54am

Law student gives birth during bar exam

Finishes assessment the next day

Oct 12 2020 10:53am

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

Oct 9 2020 11:16am

9 things City lawyers miss about the office — as told by The Office GIFs

With help from Michael Scott and the gang

Oct 9 2020 10:15am

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

Oct 5 2020 2:04pm

#MyRoutetotheBar: Tweeting barristers share their unconventional career paths

Features advice from a former window cleaner, lifeguard and nightclub DJ

Sep 30 2020 9:10am

Allen & Overy lawyers on the global remote working revolution

Partners from New York, Brussels, Amsterdam and London share their thoughts

Sep 28 2020 1:39pm

7 must-watch Netflix docs for law freshers

This counts as studying, right?

Sep 28 2020 9:14am

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

Sep 23 2020 1:15pm