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Donna-Marie McGrath, business and legal leadership strategist and ADHD performance specialist, explains how law firms can avoid losing their sharpest minds.
Becoming an equity partner is, financially, very different from being an employee. Colin Tomlinson of Pareto Financial Planning explains the implications.
F1 teams work constantly on the variables that deliver success, often making decisions and adjustments in real-time during races. The Chief Technology Officer of the enterprise content management platform NetDocuments says firms should take a similar approach to legal tech.
an Adams of Arbor Law argues that the freelance revolution in law is far bigger than the official figures would suggest.
Smriti Sinha is the general counsel of global legal tech software and services company, Opus 2, leading a lean legal team supporting offices across the UK, US, Singapore, Hong Kong, and UAE. She shares a “typical” day in her working life.
Satish Jakhu is Managing Director and Head of Dispute Resolution at the Birmingham firm RLK Solicitors. He shares his daily routine with The Brief.
The founder and CEO of Rochdale-based motoring defence firm Scarsdale Solicitors shares a day in her working life and explains how her business has introduced a new career framework to ensure all its staff can thrive and grow.
Partner Manjit Virdee joined Schofield Sweeney in 2005 and now heads up one of the biggest Real Estate teams in Yorkshire. He shares a day in his life with The Brief.
20 questions gets under the skin of the UK’s leading lawyers
Where in Britain do lawyers get the most bang for their buck, lifestyle-wise? The Brief updates its analysis of salary and housing market data to identify the most, and least, affordable legal centres.
How do law firms define their core values and embed them at the heart of their workplace cultures? The Brief investigates.
Mary Nowell, Managing Director, reflects on the national private practice market in 2025 and considers the prospects for 2026.
Juliet Lawson, Senior Associate, reflects on the Yorkshire legal market in 2025 and shares her predictions for the year ahead.