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NLJ this week: Changing how we work―predictions for the legal sector

18 March 2022
Issue: 7971 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Career focus
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The legal profession is embracing diversification and new, more flexible working models, and is all the better for it, Nigel Clark, CEO of new model law firm nexa law, writes in this week’s NLJ

Clark predicts the pace of change, which jumped forward during the pandemic as social distancing requirements and infection control forced law firms to rethink office structures, will continue to accelerate. Client expectations are changing, while innovative tech and a competitive recruitment market is shaking up traditional ways of thinking.

Clark writes: ‘The traditional chambers, law firm or in-house route is looking increasingly old fashioned to the next generation of lawyers, who place more value on the personal autonomy and democracy of alternative structures.’
Issue: 7971 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Career focus
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC

NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC

A good book, a glass of chilled Albarino, and being creative for pleasure help Liz McGrath balance the rigours of complex bundles and being Head of Chambers

Burges Salmon—Matthew Hancock-Jones

Burges Salmon—Matthew Hancock-Jones

Firm welcomes director in its financial services financial regulatory team

Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn

Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn

Partner appointment in firm’s equity capital markets team

NEWS

Walkers and runners will take in some of London’s finest views at the 16th annual charity event

Law school partners with charity to give free assistance to litigants in need

Could the Labour government usher in a new era for digital assets, ask Keith Oliver, head of international, and Amalia Neenan FitzGerald, associate, Peters & Peters, in this week’s NLJ

An extra bit is being added to case citations to show the pecking order of the judges concerned. Former district judge Stephen Gold has the details, in his ‘Civil way’ column in this week’s NLJ

The Labour government’s position on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is not yet clear

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