FOCUS OF THE DAY: Just seven women hold senior management roles in the UK’s top 50 firms despite females dominating the profession at entry level. How can that gulf be closed and what career steps will make the top more reachable? Full story - The Lawyer
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- Joseph Beltrami obituary: Scottish lawyer whose client list was a Who’s Who of Glasgow’s hardmen http://t.co/9oweTVRbA2
- Irish Es are smiling – ecstasy and other drugs temporarily legal in #IRELAND http://t.co/zPOqghU5RB
- Wikimedia joins civil rights groups in lawsuit against NSA internet spying #US http://t.co/eLVaxRRb4J
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Latham picks finance partner Sadanandan as first female London managing partner | The Lawyer http://t.co/movoeZswU9
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Cooley closes first major deal since London launch for shale gas company IGas | The Lawyer http://t.co/jfLlEsTXz4
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Mayer Brown set to open office in Mexico City after ExxonMobil in-house energy hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/rf6vrjTxir
- "High-minded tosh": Sumption lambasts establishment claims for Magna Carta | The Lawyer http://t.co/QPMAhhuAJV
- LAW FIRM NEWS: DWF tears up UK-only strategy with Dubai office launch | The Lawyer http://t.co/zXJ4upNjG8
- Companies Act is long overdue, but puts small firms at the centre #IRELAND https://t.co/pieV2tJZPq
- Civil Justice Council seeking a barrister https://t.co/ftFHVr6EzB Mar 10, 2015
- Is there anything she cant do? Amal Clooney adds teaching to her talents https://t.co/0WLRoO7vZP
- Queen's counsel becomes Supreme Court of Victoria judge #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/3gNtRj2BsO
- Man who grew cannabis in attic as ‘medicinal soup’ jailed #IRELAND https://t.co/dmXwU8DkRT
- DWF opens first office outside British Isles | Law Gazette http://t.co/Bcr5EMiCKT
- Tobacco industry legal action ‘unlikely to succeed’ against standard packs https://t.co/5jFFEF2EI3
- #INDONESIA will 'fulfil legal rights' of death row prisoners including Bali Nine duo http://t.co/FIQWW8FZYU
- #CHINA legal threat dents ICE’s #Singapore plans https://t.co/IowsxwDKSZ
- Legal barriers prevent women's empowerment in more than 170 countries https://t.co/PAnITNciSQ
- Bowe Bergdahl’s Legal Limbo: army to decide if he was a deserter or POW #US https://t.co/UYkt5d5VEQ
- #INDONESIA court's rejection of Nigerian death row inmate's legal challenge augurs badly for Bali nine duo https://t.co/JggUMtgz8T
- DBS Law helps secure UK’s first intra-operative MRI scanner https://t.co/z2aCGy97qS
- 92% back libel law change in Northern Ireland https://t.co/mxtbHh3v2T
- UK to introduce airline law to stop Britons joining Islamic State https://t.co/6kNSviXNZn
- UK passes bill to honour pledge of 0.7% foreign aid target http://t.co/OIgn5JkJd2
- Conveyancing Association hosts roundtable https://t.co/938f2njbYJ
- Islamic State: Ex-UK soldier wants to train Kurdish forces http://t.co/VbraMn6xNK
- Mirror phone hacking: air hostess breaks down in tears http://t.co/Dc0mjmgx1E
- Hillsborough inquests: Match commander David Duckenfield 'not best man for the job' http://t.co/eEAzJYJ8Ql
- #PAKISTAN lifts death penalty moratorium in all cases http://t.co/z1nbQxCnve
- Barristers offered 'payment plan' for clients | Law Gazette http://t.co/VR0h5d5g7f
- SRA wins plaudits for complaints-handling | Law Gazette http://t.co/sJWhgY12zZ
- Peers call for rethink on legal aid for extradition | Law Gazette http://t.co/fbLcyoh33b
- New law means job applicants cannot be forced to reveal spent convictions http://t.co/RJx4h5SJP0
- UK extradition procedures may breach human rights, say peers http://t.co/flbu5VJsib
- Trainee code: SRA to withdraw by end of March as fellow signatories condemn move | The Lawyer http://t.co/xE3yW99Px3
- Perestroika: Reform that changed the world http://t.co/bq3JvzBCmh
- Ofsted finds authorities wanting on child social care http://t.co/LhMHwt88cX
- Many payday lenders still failing borrowers, says FCA http://t.co/FXnc8TQRJm
- Three charged over Nottingham care home death http://t.co/CSuBKPe5BJ
- Terror 'apologists' must share blame - Hammond http://t.co/k9Oj5Sg8Hd
- Ferguson judge behind aggressive fines policy resigns as city's court system seized #US http://t.co/FqnmGhQfpH
- Protect pensioners from scammers who want their savings, say MPs http://t.co/PuACd7TRh5
- #IVORYCOAST court sentences wife of ex-president to 20 years in prison http://t.co/Ic4eg5K7Do
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters appoints new head of global finance | The Lawyer http://t.co/DXKIHM97yN
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Paul Hastings to open office in Brazil with trio from A&O | The Lawyer http://t.co/aSZJ5LMrW0
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Keoghs' LLPs: 19 per cent profit decline with 4 per cent drop in turnover to £54.9m | The Lawyer http://t.co/GOVmZxGGNy
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
- Vulnerable children 'unnecessarily held in police cells' http://t.co/uPld5MxA4D
- Hundreds of sex offenders missing, police figures show http://t.co/6OUc6yjmec
- Ex-army chief Lord Bramall 'mystified' by police search of house in connection with child sexual abuse http://t.co/ZWSNBKrerd
- 'No tolerance' vow after Crufts dog Jagger dies http://t.co/xwuY6w38N7
- Dutch ministers Opstelten and Teeven quit over payment to drug-trafficker #NETHERLANDS http://t.co/pVWlhtMOuM
- Drug dealer wins government compensation battle after road crash http://t.co/xzwpq0HaMt
- Crufts dog death: two more competitors taken ill http://t.co/1SYy1P6MuB
- 'Sex-obsessed' Barker Shoes manager accused of molesting 'eye candy' saleswomen http://t.co/RfsPW6nDE1
- Parents must be responsible for stopping children going to Syria not police, say senior officer http://t.co/Rr4iZ1hcYD
- Teenager beaten over the head before being brutally raped http://t.co/3y8fkMtffk
- Looking to the future for continuing competence | Legal Futures http://t.co/c5UVp6aZny
- Bar Council in deal with credit specialist to finance fees | Legal Futures http://t.co/PP90KkzeWN
- More lawyers demand independent review of their treatment by SRA | Legal Futures http://t.co/T0pPhKMD1m
- Launch of .legal domain name will deter fake firms | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/FVEJORyAFI
- #Swedish frustration with Saudis over speech may jeopardise arms agreement http://t.co/9rKzyJLJX4
- The Guardian view on the assault on human rights law: objection sustained | Editorial http://t.co/PGMylLRkJz
- HSBC accused of incompetence by MPs in tax scandal http://t.co/v6J0HKd3xZ
- Are murderers born or made? http://t.co/q7BCrJcTQI
- Mirror phone hacking: former Coronation St. actress Shobna Gulati's son 'bullied after stories' http://t.co/fGdl4kAgrn
- Feminist site attacked on International Women's Day http://t.co/pEW9K1TCaI
- Too few young people becoming apprentices, say MPs http://t.co/aHezlmV2b8
- Leicester children's services 'fell apart' under review http://t.co/KidVq5jGbF
- Barclays 'misleading shareholders' says pension body http://t.co/XYfnK9sIqx
- HSBC blames local employees for tax evasion scandal http://t.co/v6J0HKd3xZ
- Dentons said to be on the merger trail again - with McKenna Long | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/htIa09hhiD
- UK Top 100 see seven per cent growth in Q3 results | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/YMGmiiEH5d
- Linklaters and A&O set to join Wall St bank group against hackers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/sqVG5uZo62
- Employment lawyer identifies cult of personalities in Kleiner Perkins | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/MIch1QDy40
- Freezing injunctions impacted by Pugachev case | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wIyPB7SBAR
- Greek shipping tycoons take shelter behind legendary Shearman tax clause | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/d0ww8GsV9O
- Book Review: Tomorrow's Naked Lawyer | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/OkjLuJe4vo
- Swatch sued by Saudi artist over painting | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/L9r3jy0hnc
- FoI adjudicator accuses SRA of putting profession before public | Legal Futures http://t.co/8dhdsh8qNq
- Australian senior surgeon attacked for remarks on sexual harassment #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/Bx589HsVkN
- #German professor rebuked for rejecting intern over 'India's rape problem' http://t.co/nT8lco0f2s
- #French MPs to debate 'deep sleep' bill easing end for patients near death http://t.co/Bky07oxr8v
- Raft of firms advise on Canada Pension Plan’s £1.1bn Liberty Living acquisition | The Lawyer http://t.co/ylR7kTlxUk
- SRA announcement 'unsettles' junior lawyers | Law Gazette http://t.co/VUVPXxU2Mi
- Default judgments soar as defences plummet | Law Gazette http://t.co/rghqCAtyV1
- #ARGENTINA demands HSBC repay $3.5bn in offshore funds http://t.co/hp4J0lAjPF
