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'Get Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable': An Awkward History of Women's Health in Law Firms
July 25, 2023
‘Casual sexism is still prevalent’: how close is the law to gender equality?
July 25, 2023
‘Milestone’ as woman appointed lord chief justice
August 17, 2023
‘Structurally the profession needs a reset’: First Hundred Years’ founder on the lack of diverse leaders
July 25, 2023
‘We need a Beveridge moment’
July 25, 2023
“Life is made up of more failures than successes”
July 25, 2023
£500K in five years to celebrate women in law, yet much more to be done says charity
July 25, 2023
200 business leaders and MPs sign Telegraph letter urging Government to boost female entrepreneurship in Britain
July 25, 2023
5 minutes with Dana Denis-Smith
July 25, 2023
66% of In-House Lawyers Don’t Want a Full Time Office Return
July 25, 2023
8 City firms make workplace gender equality employer power list
July 25, 2023
A spotlight on women working in in-house legal
July 25, 2023
A UK Law Firm is Championing Flexible Working Conditions in a Highly Traditional Environment
July 25, 2023
A year that turned back the clock on equality for women
July 25, 2023
Adapting to your environment
July 25, 2023
All is not well. Time for a cultural reset?
July 25, 2023
Allow us to refuse work for ethical reasons, junior lawyers tell firms
December 11, 2023
An Interview with Dana Denis-Smith | Founder, First 100 Years and Obelisk
July 25, 2023
Archive marks female lawyers’ fight to reach where we are now
July 25, 2023
Artificial Lawyer Readers’ Predictions For 2020
July 25, 2023
As chosen by GCs: the best law firms for diversity
July 25, 2023
B Corps: the future for law firms?
October 13, 2023
Boardroom Chat with Dana Denis-Smith (CEO at Obelisk Support)
July 25, 2023
Britain’s first black female High Court judge opens up about racism at the bar
July 25, 2023
Businesses should pledge financial commitments to improve gender equality
July 25, 2023
Can RBS queen solve female founders’ woes?
July 25, 2023
Carr appointed first ever female Lord Chief Justice
August 17, 2023
Celebrating 100 years of women solicitors – the drive towards equality and diversity in law
July 25, 2023
Centuries-long wait over as first woman is appointed Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
August 17, 2023
Creative thinking needed to attract those considering a return to the law
July 25, 2023
Dana Denis-Smith on the reality of life for female founders
July 25, 2023
Dana Denis-Smith; from journalist to lawyer to two-time entrepreneur
December 11, 2023
Dana reveals secrets of success in Harper’s Bazaar
July 25, 2023
Delivering for the next generation
July 25, 2023
Ditch the equality pledges and provide more mentoring, flexitime and maternity support, say women lawyers
August 17, 2023
Diversity in the legal profession: the role of in-house lawyers
July 25, 2023
Does a global firm really offer anything you wouldn’t get from a local outfit?
August 17, 2023
Empowering Female Founders
July 25, 2023
England: Most women lawyers ‘have experienced inappropriate comments’ from men
July 25, 2023
Ep. 35 – Flexible Working and Equality In The World Of Law: with Dana Denis-Smith of Obelisk Support and The First 100 Years
July 25, 2023
Equality is taking too long
July 25, 2023
Female entrepreneurs urge post-crisis support from GCs
July 25, 2023
Firms Urged To Prioritize Attys, Rule Of Law Over Profits
July 25, 2023
First law firm B Corp calls in B Corp ALSP
February 21, 2024
First Mover Advantage
July 25, 2023
FT Future 100 UK: the full list
July 25, 2023
Future Fund loans showcase the lack of diversity in VC and start-ups
July 25, 2023
Future looks woke as junior lawyers speak up
December 11, 2023
GCs ‘not reaping benefits of legal market liberalisation’
July 25, 2023
GCs urged to ‘reach out’ to women-run legal services providers
July 25, 2023
Gender Diversity: Firms Must Jump Off the Bandwagon and Focus on What Works
August 17, 2023
Gibson Dunn worked pro bono to help secure Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe release
July 25, 2023
Glass Ceiling Keeps Women from Top Jobs in Law
July 25, 2023
Golden handcuffs: dealmaking lawyers weigh up their own Faustian bargains
July 25, 2023
Groans all round as law firm describes receptionist as ‘beautiful’ in Facebook post
July 25, 2023
Half of SMEs reported an increase in late payments this year
January 3, 2024
Has The Liberalization Of Legal Services Achieved Its Aims?
July 25, 2023
Help protect D&I in legal services industry, GC urged
July 25, 2023
Holding all the aces
July 25, 2023
How Law Firms are Using Technology to Upgrade the Workplace
July 25, 2023
How positive leadership can transform law firm culture
July 25, 2023
How to lose your women staff
January 24, 2024
In-house teams must drive diversity to recover post-pandemic: report
July 25, 2023
In-house: Support to Suit
July 25, 2023
Is the legal sector starting to move away from email?
July 25, 2023
Is your billing structure causing your lawyers to leave?
July 25, 2023
Junior Lawyers Concerned Over Culture Change At Law Firms
December 11, 2023
Junior lawyers frustrated by pace of cultural change at law firms
December 11, 2023
Junior lawyers want the right to refuse work
December 11, 2023
Junior lawyers want the right to refuse work on ethical grounds
December 11, 2023
Junior lawyers want the right to refuse work on ethical grounds
December 11, 2023
Junior lawyers want the right to refuse work on ethical grounds
December 11, 2023
Junior lawyers: let us refuse work on ethical grounds
December 11, 2023
Junior lawyers: let us refuse work on ethical grounds
December 11, 2023
Large firms “need to change culture” to attract Millennial lawyers
July 25, 2023
Law Against Loneliness: 15 May
July 25, 2023
Law firm culture: time for a change
July 25, 2023
Law firm leaders win out for business ideas
July 25, 2023
Law firms need to be more diverse and flexible
July 25, 2023
Law firms urged to 'focus on what really works' to tackle gender inequality
August 17, 2023
Law firms urged to reverse drain of young and female talent
July 25, 2023
Law students win up to £2,500 in Aston University competition
July 25, 2023
Lawyers say more should be done to reduce gender inequality
August 17, 2023
Lawyers Split on Cutting Pay for Remote Workers As Many Slam Policy
July 25, 2023
Lawyers who ‘daydream about another life’ are in the wrong job
July 25, 2023
Leadership in a remote world
July 25, 2023
Learn to manage expectations of different generations, GCs told
July 25, 2023
Legal Pioneers
July 25, 2023
Legal services liberalisation: reaping the rewards
July 25, 2023
Legal Tech Investments Are Flowing—Just Not to Diverse, Women-Owned Startups
July 25, 2023
Legally Vocal with Dana Denis-Smith (part 2)
July 25, 2023
Less than half of women lawyers believe measures to reduce gender inequality are effective
August 17, 2023
Less than half of women lawyers satisfied with attempts to address gender inequality
August 17, 2023
Let’s Celebrate! Female Founders in Law’s Stock is Finally Rising
July 25, 2023
Liberalisation: Have legal teams taken full advantage?
July 25, 2023
Lockdown or pitstop?
July 25, 2023
London based legal business ushers in “a new era” with B Corp status achievement
October 20, 2023
London’s Best Advice Companies – To Work For and Buy From
July 25, 2023
LSB chief: Profession needs “course correction” to boost public confidence
December 11, 2023
Magic circle and US law firms ‘must change the way they work’ or face ‘doom’, warns the FT
July 25, 2023
Make me a match
July 25, 2023
Male Domination
July 25, 2023
Meet the pioneers shaking up the legal industry
July 25, 2023
Meet the UK’s 70 fastest-growing tech firms
July 25, 2023
Mind the gap: how self-employed women can manage career breaks
July 25, 2023
Money Matters: Dana Denis-Smith on Obelisk Support
July 25, 2023
Mothers working in the law – building on positive change
August 17, 2023
Moving on up
July 25, 2023
My mums’ army is out to shake up the legal profession
July 25, 2023
New Law Leaders Call On GCs To Maintain Diversity Commitments Amid Pandemic
July 25, 2023
Next generation of lawyers: purpose over profit
February 7, 2024
Next generation want employers that match their values: will law firms rise to the challenge?
January 24, 2024
Obelisk adds paralegals and junior lawyers to freelance pool
July 25, 2023
Obelisk Bags £50k for Remote Working Tech
July 25, 2023
Obelisk expands
July 25, 2023
Obelisk is latest legal business to achieve B Corp status
October 20, 2023
Obelisk launches new paralegal service
July 25, 2023
Obelisk Support underscores ESG credentials with rare B Corp certification
October 20, 2023
Obelisk Support wins £50K from Innovate UK to deliver productivity tool
July 25, 2023
Office attendance limit “will avoid new type of presenteeism”
July 25, 2023
On the sofa with Dana Denis-Smith, CEO of Obelisk
July 25, 2023
Open Letter to General Counsel for Diversity and Inclusion – by Dana Denis-Smith et al
July 25, 2023
Opportunities opening up for “long neglected” returners to the law
July 25, 2023
Outdated restrictions have gone. Outdated thinking? Not so much
July 25, 2023
Over half of female lawyers have experienced or witnessed sexism at work
July 25, 2023
Parents need firms to commit to flexibility
December 11, 2023
People Power
July 25, 2023
PEP stands for 'profit per equity partner' but should be recast as 'people, environment and purpose' - report
December 11, 2023
Profession captures climate change through power of photography
July 25, 2023
Professional change is inevitable – big firms need to realise it
July 25, 2023
Provision of parental leave needs a rethink
July 25, 2023
Purpose over profit: Profession needs “fundamental” cultural reset
July 25, 2023
Quotas ‘must be used’ to force gender diversity at law firms
July 25, 2023
Returner journey
August 17, 2023
Rigid Hours Deter Attys From Resuming Careers, Survey Says
July 25, 2023
Sexist attitudes continue to stifle women’s progression in leadership
July 25, 2023
Sexist comments “remain rife” in legal profession
July 25, 2023
Sexist remarks remain commonplace within UK legal profession, survey finds
July 25, 2023
Should in-house lawyers embrace legal service liberalisation
August 17, 2023
Sign of the times
July 25, 2023
Silver Exodus: Tackling Ageism in the Legal Industry
July 25, 2023
Sky high pay rises won’t cut it in the war for talent
July 25, 2023
Surge in legal businesses embedding social purpose as B Corps
October 20, 2023
The Best and Worst of the Legal Lockdown
July 25, 2023
The End of the Beginning for the Pay War
July 25, 2023
The flexible working entrepreneur
July 25, 2023
The four-day week: reality in law?
July 25, 2023
The future of the legal industry must be human first
July 25, 2023
The latest perk for lawyers? IVF
July 25, 2023
The Lawyer Awards 2020 – Hear from our innovation and operations finalists
July 25, 2023
The Lawyer of the Week, Episode 34, London, UK
July 25, 2023
THE LEGAL 500 PODCAST: EPISODE 10 DANA DENIS-SMITH
July 25, 2023
The pandemic has not reset the culture in law
July 25, 2023
The pandemic has set back equality for women
July 25, 2023
The profession’s ethics are in the spotlight and junior lawyers want change
January 3, 2024
The SQE is not living up to its promise on diversity
July 25, 2023
The Three Views That Matter on The Pay War
July 25, 2023
The Ultimate Paradox: Law Firms’ Persistent Gender (Im)Balances
July 25, 2023
Toward Increasing Diversity In Legal Tech
July 25, 2023
Trailblazing solicitors: the women who broke the barrier
July 25, 2023
UK ‘loses out’ as would-be entrepreneurs overestimate launch costs
February 7, 2024
UK Supreme Court draws fire over diversity record after two men fill vacancies
July 25, 2023
Values judgement
December 11, 2023
Why law firms must change how they work
July 25, 2023
Why Law Firms Should Heed Calls To Put ESG Over Profit
December 11, 2023
Why the Billable Hour Could Be Holding Back Your Culture
July 25, 2023
Why you don’t have to be a ‘rich whizz-kid’ to start a business: Here’s how much it costs
February 6, 2024
Women in Business Special Report: How mothers shape their daughters’ careers
July 25, 2023
Women in law – the drive towards equality and diversity
July 25, 2023
Women in leadership
July 25, 2023
Women lawyers give verdict on which workplace equality measures work best
August 17, 2023
Women of Legal Tech: Caroline Hill
July 25, 2023
Women solicitor ranks growing at more than three times rate of men in England and Wales
July 25, 2023
Women’s Property Networking Events Confirmed
July 25, 2023
Working On Your ABS?
July 25, 2023
Workplace culture, not personal issues, “making women leave”
August 17, 2023
Young lawyers don’t want to make millions
December 11, 2023
Young lawyers refuse to work for 'unethical' clients even if they pay more
December 11, 2023
Young lawyers refuse to work for 'unethical' clients even if they pay more money, survey finds
December 11, 2023
Young lawyers refuse to work for 'unethical' clients even if they pay more money, survey finds
December 11, 2023
Young lawyers turning down ‘unethical’ firms
December 11, 2023
Younger lawyers ‘want to pick and choose’ more ethical clients, complain older heads
December 11, 2023
Your top flight lawyer? She’s a stay-at-home mom
July 25, 2023

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Obelisk Connect: Join our community networking socials
November 11, 2024
“Mums the Word”: 7 Reasons Why Women Stop Being Lawyers
August 17, 2023
10 Legal songs for just about every lawyer-ly mood
March 26, 2024
4 ways the SQE presents new opportunities for legal teams
March 8, 2023
5 Tips to Empower Women in Law
August 17, 2023
5 Trends That Should Be On Every General Counsel’s Radar
March 7, 2024
6 Female Lawyers turned Authors
August 17, 2023
A new era for talent attraction: latest trends on the future of work in legal
March 7, 2024
Black history in law: courageous females who made it possible
October 2, 2023
Black History Month: Interview with Sandie Okoro, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, World Bank Group
August 17, 2023
Celebrating 5 role models championing ethnic diversity in the legal profession
May 16, 2023
Diversity, Inclusion & Law: Legal leaders who are making meaningful change
March 7, 2024
End of Year Process: Taking Stock of Your Achievements
February 29, 2024
Five favourite books by women lawyers turned authors
February 28, 2024
Guide - Back in the swing of things: A guide to coming back after furlough
May 5, 2023
Guide - How tech-ready are you?
May 5, 2023
How to choose a Zoom virtual background
January 29, 2024
How to stay ahead of upcoming legal events in your practice area
August 17, 2023
Improve Your Legal Writing Skills With This Legal Punctuation Guide
March 5, 2024
Lawyers with side-hustles: Ivan Guevara, lawyer and professional pianist
August 17, 2023
Legal Tech Skills: Do lawyers need to learn to code?
March 8, 2023
Let Authenticity Be Your Anchor - In Conversation With Terry Miller OBE
August 17, 2023
Let’s talk about anxiety in the legal profession
March 7, 2024
London Legal Walk
February 28, 2024
Make your next move: five reasons more lawyers are choosing legal consulting
March 25, 2024
Meet Sarah-Jane Butler: Magic Circle lawyer turned entrepreneur
August 17, 2023
Mental health and Black legal professionals: what’s the difference?
March 5, 2024
Mental Health in the Law: Know Your Psychological Superpower
February 28, 2024
Movie Review: On the Basis of Sex knocks Sexism out of the Legal Ballpark
August 17, 2023
Professional Ghosting in Law – Why It Happens and How to Tackle It
August 17, 2023
Report - Back to the Future: Reshaping law firm culture
August 17, 2023
Report - Built to Last? A blueprint for developing future-proof in-house teams
May 5, 2023
Report - Diversity, Inclusion & Law
March 7, 2024
Report - Diversity, Inclusion & Law 2024
September 26, 2024
Report - Legal Reset: Why law firm culture must change now
March 7, 2024
Report - Liberalisation: Reflections on the future of legal service delivery
March 7, 2024
Report - Women Who Will 2020 – Celebrating progress in female leadership in law
May 5, 2023
Report - Women Who Will 2021 – Celebrating progress in female leadership in law
May 5, 2023
Report – Women Who Will 2022: Celebrating female legal leaders making a difference
October 31, 2023
Report – Women Who Will 2023: Honouring women trailblazers in the law
November 4, 2024
Report – Women Who Will 2024: Paving the way Women Leaders in Law
November 11, 2024
The Discounted Value of Working Mothers
May 13, 2023
The Importance of Emotional Intelligence in Law
March 8, 2023
The Legal Industry Carbon Footprint - How Lawyers Can Work More Sustainably
January 31, 2024
The Rise of Legal Ops: Aine Lyons, VMware Head of Worldwide Legal Operations
February 29, 2024
The Top Legal Blogs For Lawyers to Follow in 2024
January 4, 2024
Top Law Blogs to Follow
August 17, 2023
Top tips for returning to the law after a career break – and why there’s never been a better time to come back
February 28, 2024
We need to talk about feedback in the legal industry
August 17, 2023
Why sustainability is at the forefront of the legal industry
February 28, 2024
Women lawyers on British TV: From This Life to Defending the Guilty
August 17, 2023
Women Lawyers on TV: From Scarlet Pages to Suits
January 24, 2024
World in Motion: Why the Legal Profession Cannot Stand Still
March 7, 2024
Your First 100 Days in a New Role: Tips for General Counsels
February 27, 2024

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