Thought Leader Interview: Matt Wilson

In our latest Thought Leader interview, Matt Wilson, Associate GC at Uber, talks about the challenges of the role, relationships with external counsel, the importance of addressing mental health issues in the workplace and the role of legal directories in...


Five ways to make the most of your legal directory rankings

After all the hard work, your latest legal directory rankings are out. What do you do next?  Our expert directories team has put together some quick tips to make the most of your results: 1. Promote your success Update email signatures and website...


Diversity, equality, technology and fees top of general counsel agenda

The rising confidence and power of in-house legal departments is set to put equality and diversity, technology, and reform of legal fees at the centre of a wide-ranging change in legal services. These are the conclusions of an MD Communications...


Six ways to maximise your impact at events using social media

Are you attending an event soon? As a lawyer, you may feel inundated with invitations, from charity and CSR related events such as the London Legal Walk, to smaller upskilling seminars and working breakfasts, to vast multi-national networking conferences such...


Did the Daily Mail succeed in sinking the RNLI?

Head a long way north from the Kensington offices of the Daily Mail, and you get to my home town of Darlington. Keep on going, while tacking west, and you get to Bamburgh, where the RNLI Grace Darling Museum commemorates...


Is it time we were all a bit more vulnerable?

I've spent the last few months heading weekly back and forth to Darlington, my home town where my parents still live. My lovely Mum is in the late stages of alzheimers. It’s been almost 10 years to get us where we...


Thought Leader Interview: Brian O’Gorman

Brexit is still dominating the headlines so it's apt that our latest Thought Leader interview is with Brian O'Gorman, managing partner at Dublin-based law firm Arthur Cox. Brian shares his views on how Brexit will impact the legal sector...


How to grow your brand at the IBA conference 2019 in Seoul

The International Bar Association’s annual conference is fast approaching in the diaries of members and non-members alike. This year, lawyers, academics and all other professionals involved in the legal sector will meet in Seoul, Korea; with the 2020 conference then due to take place in Miami,...


Thought Leader Interview: Daniel Winterfeldt

Daniel Winterfeldt, the founder of the InterLaw Diversity Forum, talks about work-life balance at an international firm, why he set up the forum, the growing importance of diversity when selecting counsel and why he thinks law firms should set diversity...


Did the letter kill the press release?

Communication, it is now assumed, is all about platforms like Twitter - powerful figures check the micro-blogging site to find out if they have been fired, and it’s where we expect to see insults traded.  But the last few weeks, I’ve...