All articles by Jonathan Rayner – Page 3
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Society spotlight: Professional development centre
New PDC aims to help shape a profession that is fit for purpose now and in the future.
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Over achiever: Alexandra Marks
As the deadline approaches for entries to the Law Society Excellence Awards, Jonathan Rayner catches up with last year’s winner of the lifetime achievement accolade
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Law Society spotlight: Social Mobility Ambassadors
Chancery Lane’s SMA project aims to inspire people from underprivileged backgrounds to embark upon a legal career.
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Interview: Baroness Scotland QC
We talk cricket and the Commonwealth with serial legal pioneer Baroness Scotland QC.
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Interview: Robert Camp
Stephens Scown’s managing partner explains why the ‘John Lewis’ law firm is one of the country’s best employers.
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Interview: Lucy Scott-Moncrieff
The former Law Society president reflects on an eventful career, including her latest role overseeing the Lords.
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Interview: Nicola Foulston
Rosenblatt’s pioneering chief executive used to own Brands Hatch. She talks about doing law in a different way.
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Interview: Robert Bourns
New Law Society president Robert Bourns wants solicitors to face the future with confidence.
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Interview: Ronnie Fox
Veteran innovator expounds on the joys of your own brass plate, the need for empathy and why chocolate is healthy.
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Lawyers Against Poverty week
Oxfam’s project attempts to fund targeted projects which increase access to justice for some of the world’s poorest people.
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Interview: Paulette Mastin
Linklaters’ capital markets counsel talks about capital markets, firsts in Islamic finance and promoting diversity.
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Interview: Susan Hazledine
The global charity director helps turn commercial lawyers into human rights lawyers.
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Interview: Susan Ridge
The army’s highest-ranking woman ever, major general Susan Ridge, heads a team of 130 lawyers.
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Interview: Philip Wood CBE
Polymath, philosopher, author, lawyer: A&O’s Philip Wood even writes songs.
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Interview: Michael Coates
Law firms that don’t innovate will die and GCs must speak truth to power, says Shell UK’s head of legal.
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Ten years of the Law Society Excellence Awards
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the first Law Society Excellence Awards. Here past winners tell us what the accolade meant and where their careers have taken them since.
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Profile
Interview: Stephen Mayson
Stephen Mayson has been a legal business guru for three decades, and modernity remains his watchword.
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Interview: Michael Ward
Michael Ward set his sights on a career in accountancy but made legal history with Gateley instead.
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Law Society spotlight: venues and hospitality
Chancery Lane boasts eight ‘function areas’ that offer a valuable service to solicitors.
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Interview: Annemarie Roberts
The Law Society’s in-house solicitor of the year works for a not-for-profit that loves to make a profit.