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Written by Kayleigh Ziolo

Kayleigh Ziolo has a background in magazine publishing and is writer and Commissioning Editor at Obelisk. She specialises in the subjects of workplace wellbeing, flexible working practices and gender equality.

Family & Work

Getting Kids Ready For Back-to-School: The Work/Life Balance Guide

It happens every year – just as parents and children start to settle in to the summer holidays, the Back to School adverts start popping up, and the new autumn term is suddenly upon us. Perhaps you are one of […]

Published on 22nd August 2019By Kayleigh Ziolo
Making Work, Work

Stress-Free Summer Holiday – Making The Most of Your Valuable Time Away

As schools in the UK get ready to break up, thoughts turn to summer holidays and some well earned R&R. Or at least, they should be turning to those things. As Bloomberg law reported in 2018, lawyers are notoriously bad […]

Published on 18th July 201918th July 2019By Kayleigh Ziolo
Punctuation in Legal Writing
Making Work, Work

Improve Your Legal Writing Skills With This Legal Punctuation Guide

On The Attic, we recently looked at curbing legalese and why more and more lawyers and businesses are making their legal contracts less wordy. Indeed, simple language is just one part of making complicated and detailed information easier to digest and […]

Published on 20th June 201920th June 2019By Kayleigh Ziolo
Family & Work

AI Assistants and Busy Lifestyles: Are We Outsourcing The Wrong Things to Technology?

Would you let AI read your child a bedtime story? With time as a precious commodity, technology is helping us organise and automate many day-to-day tasks. But are we replacing and outsourcing too many of our ‘human’ activities? These are […]

Published on 6th June 2019By Kayleigh Ziolo
The Legal Update

Interview with John Craske, Head of Innovation and Legal Operations at CMS

This week, The Attic speaks to John Craske, Head of Innovation and Legal Operations at CMS, about his thoughts on innovation of legal services, helping people adapt to change, and how work allocation programmes are helping to solve many operational […]

Published on 16th May 201920th May 2019By Kayleigh Ziolo
Making Work, Work

The Purposeful Lawyer: Discovering (or Rediscovering) Your Raison D’Être in Law

Do lawyers need a purpose to drive them in their career? There is, in our view, more driving lawyers to battle against the burnout, the long hours, the sexism, to stay and thrive within the law. The career choice is […]

Published on 9th May 2019By Kayleigh Ziolo
The Legal Update

The Legal Industry Carbon Footprint – How Lawyers Can Work More Sustainably

With Earth Day 2019 behind us, we are reminded that climate action is not an occasional task; it requires an on-going interrogation of our actions and a commitment to both short and long term changes. We take a look at […]

Published on 25th April 201929th August 2019By Kayleigh Ziolo
The Legal Update

The Top Legal Blogs For Lawyers to Follow in 2019

The legal blogsphere is thriving, with ever-more law bloggers stepping up to discuss taboo topics and change the way we think about law and the legal industry. Legal blogs are a valuable outlet and asset for lawyers and companies alike; acting […]

Published on 21st March 201921st March 2019By Kayleigh Ziolo
The Legal Update

Irish Legal Pioneers and History Makers – Past and Present Day

With St Patrick’s Day just around the corner on March 17th the world is gearing up for the #GlobalGreening, in recognition of the contribution to international society Irish people have made at home and abroad. As part of the celebrations, […]

Published on 14th March 2019By Kayleigh Ziolo
Women in Law

World Book Day 2019: Interview With Author and Lawyer Nicola R. White

Ahead of World Book Day 2019, we spoke to Nicola R. White – a Canadian romance novelist, young adult fiction and comic book writer. From John Grisham to Meg Gardiner, many lawyers turn their analytical minds to novels later on […]

Published on 6th March 2019By Kayleigh Ziolo

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