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CAREER
PATH
IN-HOUSE OR PRIVATE PRACTICE? RECEIVED WISDOM PUTS THIS AS THE
BINARY CHOICE FACING LAWYERS. BUT BOTH ROLES PLACE HUGE AND
INCREASING DEMANDS ON TIME, AND FOR MANY, MANAGING THEIR
SCHEDULE IS A RECEDING DREAM. DOES IT HAVE TO BE THIS WAY?
BY
CATHERINE McGREGOR
THE
THIRD
WAY
F
ormer Airwave GC and company secretary
Rachael Davidson is one of a growing breed
of UK lawyers who might have cracked the
conundrum. For nearly a year she has been working
as an interim GC for an alternative law firm. This
provider, Halebury, describes itself as a supplier of
‘external in-house lawyers’. Could this newmodel
be blurring the line between internal and external
counsel while also allowing fully flexible working?
GC
’s Catherine McGregor catches up with her to
find out more.