Law Firm Strategy
Why is it that a chimpanzee can out-strategise a lawyer? Because science, explains Dr Bob Murray
Lately I have been interviewing a great many people for a book my partner Dr Alicia Fortinberry and I are writing. It’s about what lessons we can learn about strategy from the latest research in psychology and neurogenetics. From the interviews, the studies we have read, and our own research we have reached a number …
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Marketing
What content do legal publications want from law firms? Candice Witton, content lead at Propero Partners, has the answers
In 1996, Bill Gates declared ‘content is king’. Now over two decades later, there’s really no denying the power of content marketing. Content marketing is the catch-all term for anything from how-to blogs to thought leadership editorial pieces. In this instance it refers to writing (be it legal analysis or news) featured in legal publications, …
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The Bar
Why do City solicitors join the ranks of the independent Bar? The answer to that question is as varied as the partners and associates who leave the ivory towers of Big Law behind for a life in chambers – bewigged or otherwise. Within the last decade, former partners and department heads such as Judith Gill …
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Events
Ben Bruton, dispute resolution and investigations partner at Winston & Strawn, discusses the principles of arbitration in the UAE and the wider Middle East
The UAE and the wider Middle East has always been a fascinating place for the outside world; known for its modern sophistication and exemplified by its many ground-breaking architectural and engineering achievements. Its ability to provide an environment that’s conducive for doing business is a key reason why the UAE is quickly emerging as one …
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Diversity and inclusion
Women lawyers don’t need fixing to become leaders, its law firm structures and systems that are holding us back, writes former Orrick partner Patricia K. Gillette
Dorothy. For most of us that name immediately evokes images of a young woman, a hurricane, and a wicked witch. Yes, The Wizard of Oz. But one image Dorothy never conjures up is that of a female leader. And yet, isn’t that exactly what Dorothy is? She takes the Scarecrow, the Tinman, and the Cowardly …
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Research roundup
Fresh from his recent Asia Pacific research trip, senior researcher Arne Dumez reports on the latest trends affecting Japan’s legal market
A stereotype it may be, but if talking about the weather was an Olympic sport, Great Britain would be sure to take home gold every four years. If one nation could knock the Brits off top spot, however, it may just be Japan. This year’s research trip coincided with the end of a long, drawn-out …
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Research roundup
With publication of the new UK white collar crime rankings looming, researcher Christopher Black looks into one of the market’s major talking points
Is the UK heading towards a US-style justice system? That is the question many of London's white collar crime experts have been pondering ever since former FBI lawyer Lisa Osofsky was appointed head of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in August 2018. A dual US/UK national, Osofsky’s experience includes pursuing the mafia, bank robbers, fraudsters, …
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The Big Issue
The scientific, economic, and environmental impacts of climate change are not the only aspects of the crisis we need to consider, say Dr Georgios Zampas and Oliver Elgie
Seventy-one years have passed since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations in the aftermath of the Second World War. Yet, human rights violations remain all too frequent, both in developed and developing countries. While the 1926 Slavery Convention confirmed that slavery is unlawful as a matter of international …
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