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Office Joys

20 September 2013

Want to work from home? Be your own boss? Heaven! Or not. Welcome to your newest problem...

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Handling Clients

14 September 2013

What do lawyers tell their clients? The truth, of course. The whole, ugly, unvarnished truth...

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Back to School

08 September 2013

September is time to go back to school, and time to try out all those brilliant ideas that came to you...

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Hate Speech

08 August 2013

What is hate speech? In the USA, it does not exist - the First Amendment to the constitiution would strike down any such restriction...

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What Kind of Lawyer of You?

03 August 2013

Lawyers come in all different shapes and sizes. When they meet lawyers at a party...

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Best Looking Barristers

25 July 2013

Members of the public often mistakenly think that being a barrister is a bit like being an actor...

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Summer Days

18 July 2013

In theory, all lawyers get summer holidays. In practice, the problem is not earning enough time to get away but getting your work under control so you can actually leave the office...

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Information Overload

13 July 2013

Visit a law firm and what strikes you - once you get past the fancy conference rooms,

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Conflicts of interest

04 July 2013

Conflicts of interest are a nightmare for lawyers. Once upon a time lawyers could act for both sides in a transaction...

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Being The Best

27 June 2013

Sometimes being the best at a law firm isn't just not good enough, it's worse than being mediocre. Being a talented associate and a good lawyer...

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