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Written by Laure Latham

Laure Latham is editor of The Attic and a former lawyer specialised in corporate tax at Clifford Chance. She regularly reports of current legal topics, whether on diversity in the legal profession or on legaltech or legal pop culture. She is also a blogger and journalist on the outdoors and health, as well as the author of a hiking guidebook and of an art history biography.

Making Work, Work

Lawyers Who Are Changing the World For the Better 2020

Be they lawyers by day, legal superheroes by night or pro bono lawyers who are passionate about making the world a better place – each and every one of the lawyers below deserve recognition for outstanding legal efforts in their […]

Published on 22nd April 202013th May 2020By Laure Latham
Making Work, Work

Legal Tech: Meet Gavin Sheridan, Founder and CEO of Vizlegal

At The Attic, we are always interested to talk to people doing interesting things in the legal industry, so we were delighted to have the chance to catch up with Gavin Sheridan, former investigative journalist, now CEO of Vizlegal. Having […]

Published on 12th March 2020By Laure Latham
Books in boxes
Women in Law

6 Female Lawyers turned Authors

That lawyers have an ongoing love affair with words, nobody can argue with that. A significant part of a lawyer’s career is spent writing text, structuring arguments, analysing documents and being a stickler for punctuation. What most people are unaware […]

Published on 4th March 20204th March 2020By Laure Latham
Making Work, WorkWomen in Law

Demystifying Apprenticeships in Legal

Are you up to speed with the new routes into the legal profession? It used to be that apprenticeship opportunities were for college leavers and covered only paralegal roles, but things have changed. Increasing numbers of businesses across the UK […]

Published on 13th February 202013th February 2020By Laure Latham
Women in Law

Lawyers Who Are Changing the World For the Better 2020: Call for Nominations

Who are the lawyers who do good? The lawyers who work selflessly behind the scenes for the greater good and are deserving of greater recognition and appreciation? At Obelisk Support, we are proud to shine a light on remarkable lawyers […]

Published on 5th February 2020By Laure Latham
Making Work, Work

Best legal podcasts to listen to in 2020

It’s time for our most popular piece of the year! After the success of our 2018 and 2019 lists (plus a beach summer list), here comes 2020. Do you have a must-listen-to favourite podcast? Research published in 2019 shows that […]

Published on 30th January 2020By Laure Latham
Ancient green tea workshop
Women in Law

Why green tea might be the simple answer to your wellbeing as a lawyer

In a recent Law Society survey of Junior Lawyers, 55% of women and 42% of men said they regularly felt unable to cope, with almost two-fifths experiencing a mental health problem. High workload and demanding clients were behind many of […]

Published on 23rd January 202023rd January 2020By Laure Latham
FIRST 100 Years of Women in law - book review
Women in Law

FIRST: Writing Women In Law Into History

On Monday 23rd December 2019, we celebrate the centenary of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, which paved the way for women to become professionals in the UK. The First 100 Years project is the national campaign celebrating this centenary, […]

Published on 19th December 201919th December 2019By Laure Latham
the Practice behind high performance
Making Work, Work

The Practice behind High Performance

Guest post by Catherine Stothart, Leadership Coach and Team Facilitator, who is the author of How to Get On with Anyone: Gain the Confidence and Charisma to Communicate with any Personality Type. It’s important for corporate lawyers to build a […]

Published on 11th December 201911th December 2019By Laure Latham
Making Work, Work

Our Favourite Books For 2019

Like in 2017 and 2018, the whole team at Obelisk Support is contributing to a 2019 book review to inspire your future reads. Each one of us was asked to nominate one (or more) book(s) they had really enjoyed reading in […]

Published on 4th December 201920th January 2020By Laure Latham

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