Touching on topics as important as diversity, equality and justice, Sandie Okoro, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the World Bank Group has been talking to The Attic for Black History Month. Ms Okoro shares her journey to one […]
To celebrate Black History Month, The Attic interviews Landé Belo, senior counsel and employment lawyer. In this profile, she discusses her professional legal career and how she became a theatre director to drive positive change in the arts community. My […]
Almost all lawyers who apply to become legal consultants at Obelisk Support look for some flexibility as part of their new freelancing career. Unheard of until the 2000s, flexible working is a growing trend in the legal industry whose meaning […]
We are delighted to have Grace Marshall, Head Coach and Chief Encourager at Grace-Marshall.com and a Productivity Ninja with Think Productive, and the author of “How to be Really Productive: Achieving clarity and getting results in a world where work never ends” as a guest blogger on […]
At Obelisk Support, we receive CVs of returning lawyers regularly, most of them accompanied by notes explaining why they took a career break. Whether it’s to have a family, to join family postings overseas or for health reasons, these lawyers […]
Last night (10th July) saw us announce the winners of the 1st Global Law Photography competition, themed around climate change. The judging panel, led by Marcus Jamieson-Pond, photographer and former CSR Manager, was impressed not only by the quality of […]
On Tuesday June 25, 2019, the Academy Awards of the legal industry, aka The Lawyers Awards, took place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. Obelisk Support was shortlisted in the Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion category and we were […]
Two weeks ago, the CLOC Institute gathered 2,200 legal professionals in Las Vegas, the largest networking group of the legal operations world. If you haven’t heard about legal operations yet, they are our daily contact persons at Obelisk Support, managing […]
Obelisk is proud to announce a formal partnership with top law firm CMS UK, as part of a wider CMS programme to offer flexible legal solutions to their clients and lawyers. One of the fastest-growing companies in Europe, Obelisk has […]
Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old activist, has a fair point when she says that adults should start behaving like adults and do something about climate change. In the legal sector, and more broadly in the services sphere, it’s not immediately obvious […]