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TOUCHPOINT returns - An Interview with Amy Wells, GC at Everton FC & the happiest person in legal | Downturn in trainees paid The Law Society's minimum pay recommendations | and much more legal insight
13 Feb 2020 An interview with James Maguire, Managing Director of Maguire Family Law Solicitors | Women in law; addressing attrition with agile working | Winning workspaces | Brexit and beyond
15 Mar 2019 An Interview with Sami Palmer-Latif, at Potter Rees Dolan | Five skills for becoming a legal leader | Taking a pay check; employee satisfaction | What legal professionals love about their benefits packages
14 Feb 2019 An Interview with Nigel Jones | Pay rises boost trainee solicitor salaries | Making the grade with graduates | Polishing up the Personal Interests section of your CV | Making the grade with graduates
17 Jan 2019 I’m a Celebrity special interview | I'm a Lawyer get me out of here...the top New Year career motivators | Lawyers a leaping for joy - top 10 legal gift list | Legal’s present and future trends unwrapped
13 Dec 2018 An Interview with Ben Power, Founder of Springhouse Solicitors | 5 tips on asking for a pay rise | 10 myths of management | Creating legal careerists – talent retention amongst millennials
22 Nov 2018 Tales from the Recruitment Crypt - scariest candidate encounters ever | Why hirers could be frightening talent off | Longest day – lawyers working longer hours | Interview - Helen Watson, Aaron and Partners
29 Oct 2018 Interview with Geraldine McCool, Partner at Irwin Mitchell | 2019 - ready or not? | Make the right impression during your probation period | How to optimise your job search
25 Sep 2018 Interview with Nik White, Managing Partner at Brabner’s | Partnership and the gender paradox | 5 signs your legal career may be at a crossroads | What makes a stand out Residential Conveyancing CV
23 Aug 2018 How you can be a clients ‘type on paper’ | What it takes to make it as an In-house Lawyer | Why legal professionals are not casting their nets as far as they used to when looking for a new role
31 Jul 2018 Deep dive into legal sector employee benefits | How to make the most of your recruitment consultant | Interview with Chris Murray | Artificial Intelligence...doesn't look like anything to me
28 Jun 2018 How to max out your salary in 10 years | Interview with Ed Foulkes | Benefits package | Relocation, relocation, relocation
30 May 2018 Revealed - the hidden danger in job security | No agencies please | Interview with Siri Siriwardene | Going the extra mile
25 Apr 2018 Job security returns to the legal profession | The Art of Delegation | How to master telephone interviews | Interview with Monisha Bhargava | Meet Amy Turner Managing Consultant
23 Mar 2018 We have lift off! The Douglas Scott 2018 Salary Survey has now landed
07 Mar 2018 Top tips to negotiate a pay rise | Trainee Solicitor salaries slip | Interview with Pauline O'Rourke | 6th annual big data survey preview
01 Feb 2018 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all the team at Douglas Scott
22 Dec 2017 6th annual big data survey - have your say | Insight into locum life | 10 tips to work your recruiter harder
30 Nov 2017 Rage against the Machines | Lessons from The Apprentice | Interview with Jonathan Patterson, Managing Director and Head of Development at DWF Ventures | More lawyers are working longer days than ever before – but are they happy? | Consultant Profile
31 Oct 2017 Time ticking for young lawyers to get on the property ladder | Association of Women Solicitors | How to write a killer CV | Interview with Imran Kali General Counsel at Smart Focus
29 Sep 2017 Five Simple Causes of High Junior Staff Turnover | Top 10 Interview Tips | Interview with Vikki Woodfine Partner at DWF
23 Aug 2017 Top ranked benefits packages and components | Top 5 law firms valued | Work life balance hack
28 Jul 2017 Work life balance biggest obstacle to partnership | Law firms need to work harder to retain talent | Interview with Leanne Maund Associate @ Mishcon de Reya
30 Jun 2017 Heat map - the hottest and coldest days and times to interview | Use tech to keep fit | Manchester Law Society appeal
25 May 2017 Relocation, relocation. Best places to work and an interview with a magic circle lawyer who did it.
28 Apr 2017 How lawyers can max out their 1st ten years salary | 10 genuine alternatives to Apple phones | Pro Brexit lawyers stick to their principles
24 Mar 2017 What's driving job change in the legal profession? | 10 magic iPhone tools and apps for busy legal professionals | Interview with JLD Chair Bryan Scant
28 Feb 2017 Trainee Solicitor salaries under the spotlight | Happiest person in legal revealed | 10 reasons to upgrade to the iPhone 7
31 Jan 2017 £1,000 up for grabs in this year's Salary Survey | The Ghost of Public Law lectures past | Government action sees Lawyers trouser £20m in
30 Nov 2016 What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? Meet the heads of the legal teams Angelina and Brad have put together.
30 Sep 2016 It's all about the money. Lawyers come clean about why they got into legal.
24 Aug 2016 Stock markets endorse legal sector | Brexit boost for Employment Law | Legal profession referendum map | Shanti Shah Senior Associate at Trowers and Hamlins Bahrain office
30 Jun 2016 Midsummer Night's Dream? Results of our legal sector Brexit poll | Interview with RSC Head of Legal Marina Zain
31 May 2016 Top partnership turn offs. What's stopping women reaching the top?
29 Apr 2016 We need to talk about: benefits packages
31 Mar 2016 What is stopping this year's NQ Solicitors from floating off?
29 Feb 2016 Everything you need to know about low oil prices and the legal sector
29 Jan 2016 Do you love someone enough?
27 Nov 2015 There will be blood
30 Oct 2015 Fear for the Walking Dead
18 Sep 2015 Is there a glass ceiling for female lawyers?
14 Aug 2015 The war for talent steps up a gear
16 Jul 2015 Summers Coming - with law firms eyeing the North, the future's looking bright for Manchester
18 Jun 2015 10 things you should know about the new Lord Chancellor
14 May 2015 Trouble brewing, and why 3 is the magic number for Lawyers
17 Apr 2015