Profession
Passing the Brief: Martha Cover interviews Marcia Willis Stewart QC
<p>Martha Cover interviews the celebrated civil rights lawyer Marcia Willis Stewart QC whose egalitarian spirit pervades all her cases </p>
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#IDoProBono
<p>Lawyers hiding their light under a bushel? Yes, you heard it here first. Advocate persuaded a group of committed pro bono barristers to celebrate their #IDoProBono work during Volunteers’ Week </p>
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Us too? IBA sounds global clarion call
<p>Take the ‘ten steps’ to safeguard our people and our profession, as IBA warns of hypocrisy after survey confirms high rate of harassment and bullying in law </p>
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How to be a barrister and parent… and succeed at both
<p>The working parent challenge is an issue affecting both men and women at the Bar. Ditch the ‘having it all’ myth, define your own version of success and learn how to live with compromise </p>
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What the Bar can learn from... … Personality profiling
<p>Meet yourself... in colour. Discovering your own unique blend of energies – and that of others – could help transform strained relationships into productive ones </p>
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The new Bar transparency rules
<p>New requirements for the Bar to publish information about price, service and redress </p>
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Rules of engagement
<p>The cost of employing the staff team is often the largest single element of expenditure for a set of chambers. Are your set’s employees ‘fully engaged’ or are they simply ‘coming to work’? </p>
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Man for all seasons: Philippe Sands QC
<p>The international lawyer, academic and prize-winning public intellectual on Donald Trump, climate change and why lawyers should recognise that they are merely a means to an end </p>
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Pride in Wales: Lady Justice Nicola Davies
<p>Why build a practice over the border? What’s life like as a Court of Appeal judge? Who is the most helpful advocate? Lady Justice Nicola Davies on her career and continuing pride in her home country </p>
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Day in the life… of a child protection silk
<p>The exhilaration and endurance challenge of working to the max as a child abuse public lawyer </p>
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