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NewsTributes for ‘bright talent’ who died before she could start solicitor apprenticeship
Lily Lammond leaves lasting legacy through fundraising for charitable causes.
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NewsSix in 10 women suffered sex discrimination in past five years
Next 100 Years chief urges firms to redouble their commitment to workplace equality and empower women to speak out.
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NewsDana Denis-Smith to be Society president in 2027
Founder of First 100 Years project elected deputy vice president of the Law Society of England and Wales.
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NewsCarrie Morrison lecture: No room for complacency over equal opportunities
Law Society and Eversheds co-host Carrie Morrison lecture on ‘shaping the future for women solicitors’ .
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NewsSue Stapely, doyenne of legal PR, dies at 78
Former BBC production assistant became the Law Society’s first head of public relations and then ‘invented crisis PR’.
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NewsMore partner promotions as Irwin Mitchell unveils female-only cohort
Meanwhile global firm DLA Piper announces 65 promotions internationally with a quarter of UK partner promotions going to women.
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NewsTributes pour in for employment judge and solicitor Veronica Dean
Practitioner, who has died aged 65, was 'a force to be reckoned with [...] full of compassion and empathy towards others'.
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NewsOver half of new partners are women at Eversheds, Taylor Wessing and Leigh Day
Prominent firms announce partner promotions across UK and Europe and Asia.
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NewsFirm promotions: Simkins LLP
Leading media and commercial law firm Simkins LLP is delighted to announce the promotions of Juliane Althoff, Helena Franklin and Jessica Welch to Partner.
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NewsFundão dam collapse: a catastrophe that led Monica Dos Santos to take up law
Monica Dos Santos lost everything in Brazil’s Fundão dam collapse – then trained as a lawyer to fight for justice.
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NewsTop firms maintain gender targets in latest partner promotions
Promotions at Linklaters and TLT have elevated 41 lawyers to partner between them.
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NewsSlaughters promotes one woman to partnership as 40% target deadline looms
Magic circle firm admits five men and one woman to partnership in latest round.
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NewsTributes paid to Sarah Greening of Thompson Solicitors
Sarah, a respected lawyer in the firm's Birmingham multi-track personal injury team, was known for her positivity, professionalism and generosity of spirit.
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NewsFirm hires: Five solicitors qualify at Switalskis
Rebecca Wardle, Georgia McKelvey, Ellie Goodison and Emily Chan all progressed through the firm's Qualifying Solicitors Programme.
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NewsSolicitor's campaign wins paid leave for baby loss
Government set to add paid bereavement leave to workers' rights legislation.
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NewsNemone’s life less ordinary
Nemone Lethbridge, barrister, writer and all-round legend, appears on Desert Island Discs.
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NewsGive us proper work, say lawyers returning from maternity leave
Law firm leaders wrongly believe that returning women want to be 'eased back' into law.
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NewsMPs demand timetable for cohabitation reform
Justice committee wants to know when Labour will implement manifesto pledge to protect women in cohabiting relationships.
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NewsFirm promotions: 17 appointments across Switalskis
Promotions include seven senior associate appointments and 10 new associates.
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NewsHarriet Wistrich’s desert songs
Founder of the Centre for Women’s Justice was Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs castaway.