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Dana Denis-Smith is an entrepreneur, former Linklaters solicitor and international journalist who lives in London, UK. In 2010, she founded Obelisk Legal Support Solutions (Obelisk Support--https://obelisksupport.com/), a London-based alternative legal services company built around flexible, highly-skilled professionals. Aware that the legal profession is far behind its times in terms of gender diversity, she initiated the First 100 Years project (https://first100years.org.uk/) to celebrate the journey of women in the legal profession in the United Kingdom over the past 100 years and this project will celebrate the centenary of women in law in 2019. In 2018, Obelisk's founder Dana Denis-Smith was voted Legal Personality of the Year at the LexisNexis Awards 2018 and Obelisk Support joined the top tier of two prestigious lists, the FT1000 Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies and Inc. 5000 List of Europe's Fastest-Growing Companies. In 2017, Dana also won the WEConnect International Best Mentor and Role Model Award and delivered a TEDx talk on how to be remembered (based on her observations of the legal profession). In 2016, she was voted one of Britain’s five most inspiring mothers for juggling up a new business creation with family life, as she chooses to work flexibly in order to spend quality time with her young daughter.

Women in Law

What I Learned in 8 Years of Championing Women Back to Work

“For all the moms out there, I was playing for you today.” Serena William’s on court interview after finishing runner up in the Wimbledon final on 14 July 2018 resonated with me. I have spent the past 8 years championing […]

Published on 16th July 201816th July 2018By dana denis-smith
Women in Law

Why do we choose to complicate the language of equality?

There were many witty signs at the global Women’s March on 21 January 2016 – many taking aim at recent political developments, in particular the US election of President Donald Trump – but one stood out for me through its […]

Published on 23rd January 201717th February 2017By dana denis-smith
Family & WorkObelisk In ActionWomen in Law

Join the Revolution: What will you do with 1 Million Hours?

When businesses are closed to flexible working options, talent goes to waste. What could reactivating that talent do for your time, and the economy? A new week is filled with new possibilities to do and be better than the week […]

Published on 3rd October 2016By dana denis-smith
MediaNews

Silicon Valley is where ideas are ‘made’

“Great idea, shame about the execution” might sound like a platitude to most. In business, poor execution is without fail the death stroke that eventually leads to its demise. “Operational rigour”, as Sheryl Sandberg told us, is needed to support […]

Published on 20th June 201613th November 2018By dana denis-smith
Women in Law

Column of Strength: Working Mums

Working Mums: the case for going beyond the ‘business case’. When Joy returned to her job as a lawyer in the City following the birth of her first child, Mia, her boss had a surprise for her. She’d been replaced […]

Published on 5th July 201513th July 2015By dana denis-smith
Obelisk In ActionWomen in Law

The First 100 Years Official Launch

As Prime Minister in the late 1940s Clement Attlee oversaw many of Britain’s most progressive reforms around workers rights, families and the Law. The Fair Wages Resolution, universal family allowances and Legal Aid all entered British society during Attlee’s time […]

Published on 5th July 201513th July 2015By dana denis-smith
Women in Law

Column of Strength: It Started With A Bump

It’s Friday the 13th today but I always do away with the superstition. In my family the ‘13th’ is a date which we celebrate, and today is all the more special as it marks our daughter’s 4th birthday. It is […]

Published on 5th July 20157th July 2015By dana denis-smith
Obelisk In ActionWomen in Law

The First 100 Years: No Gift Horse for Women

There are more tributes to dogs, cats and sheep in the City of London than women, says Dana Denis-Smith who is on a mission to celebrate the history and achievements of women in law. The First 100 Years project launched […]

Published on 5th July 201513th July 2015By dana denis-smith
Women in Law

The Discounted Value of Working Mothers

Am I surprised to learn that working mums earn less after having a baby? No – just surprised that it’s taken this long for a fuss to be made. It’s been a taboo subject for many years, with women having […]

Published on 5th July 201517th April 2018By dana denis-smith
Women in Law

The First 100 Years: The Missing Link

Grand portraits hang in the halls of our profession’s historic buildings – from the Law Society to the Inns of Court – and coherently chart the history of men in the legal profession over hundreds of years. They tell of […]

Published on 5th July 20157th July 2015By dana denis-smith

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