Legal firms search for ways to improve gender balance
A flawed system of promotion is holding women back from achieving partnership and equity.
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Partners make their move amid uncertainty
While the global financial markets have been turbulent and interest rate rises have eradicated cheap debt, the number of lateral partner moves has remained steady.
Law firms in battle to attract top talent
Wellbeing measures are among the lures now held out to potential legal recruits being courted by law firms in the relentless battle to sign up and retain the sector’s best talent.
Working from home sets a new precedent for law firms
Flat growth totals for partners and fee-earning lawyers at sub-partner level have disguised variations between firms that show who is faring well in the war for talent and who has more work to do.
Mid-tier winning the battle for fee-earners
Top-tier firms are losing out to middle-market, high-growth firms in the war for non-partner fee-earners.
A top priority to balance the gender ledger
Law firms are reaching for more sophisticated structural and cultural solutions as they attempt to transform their enduring failure to promote enough women into a 21st century success story.