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Are you 'brand suicide' ready?

Like Protein World, all a law firm needs to do to become a household name is insult half the population

Why lawyers at mid-sized law firms have better careers than those at larger firms

By Ian Curtis, Managing Partner, Warner Goodman

Training pool: How law firms could pool their training resources

Mitch Kowalski speaks with Sylvester Bowen about how law firms can give clients better value by pooling their junior lawyer training resources

Infographic: Shifting talent pool

Last week SJ reported on the news that lawyers are currently more faithful to their roles and firms than during 2014. The 2015 Salary and Benefits Benchmarker report by legal recruiters Douglas Scott found that the average time spent by a lawyer in a role is three years and four months, after which legal professionals are most likely to consider a career move. Below is another handy infographic from SJ giving further findings from Douglas Scott's annual survey.  

'I've never believed in following what's "on trend"'

Kate Oldfield discusses embracing style over fashion and striking a balance between smartness and individuality

Insolvency professionals call for legislative change to fight war on fraud

One in nine British adults admit to being a victim of fraud in last year

The calm before the storm

While planning news has been quiet ahead of the outcome of the general election, a number of recent developments will still be of interest to practitioners, say Julian Boswall and Alex Minhinick

Lost in the maze of surveillance laws

The ISC report on security agencies' interception techniques is a step in the right direction, but its findings are underwhelming, explain David McCluskey and Kate Parker