Career development

Articles

Mastering the informal interview landscape

Calvin Gardiner and Simi Bains explore the shift from traditional interviews towards informal conversations in the legal sector

Navigating the challenges and opportunities in the UK legal sector

Maurice MacSweeney speaks to litigators about their prospects for the year ahead as part of a whitepaper investigating growth challenges among leading law firms

Big law or boutique: what’s the best move?

James Lavan weighs up pros and cons over pursuing the boutique firm path

Closing the gender gap at the partnership level of the legal profession

Tim Sales shares his experience of attempting to balance life as a partner committed to his career as a litigator and a father, and why highlighting such actions by males within the profession is important to closing the gender gap

Open for business? Britain's constricted immigration pathways for entrepreneurs

Britain's current immigration options for entrepreneurs are thin pickings compared to the previous broader routes, argues Ben Maitland

SJ Interview: Hannah Ambrose

Hannah Ambrose is an international arbitration partner at Herbert Smith Freehills. She talks to Solicitors Journal about her practice and the Law Commission's recent proposals to update the Arbitration Act 1996

The battle for talent – promoting diversity

Jody Tranter explores how championing non-law graduates and diversity of thought could help close the talent gap

Survey reveals the 10 most important soft skills for a successful law career

There has been a shift in the demand for workplace skills in recent years Whilst an in-depth knowledge of the law is fundamental to a career in the legal sector, soft skills are not something to be overlooked.