

Ex-City IP lawyer moves to regional firm
Tom Lingard trained at Herbert Smith and spent over three years as an assistant in the IP litigation group there. In March 2007 he moved...

Employment lawyer does an LLM in the USA
Have you considered studying again? This week we spoke to Martin Luff, a 3yr PQE employment lawyer who is currently doing a Masters in...

Sky is not the limit for this lawyer
Denise Nurse started her legal life at Charles Russell, before going in-house at Sky. After 3 ½ years in the legal team there, she won a...


A Patent Attorney explains his profession
An often overlooked job option in law is qualifying and practising as a patent attorney. This is partly because the patent firms are...

Commercial lawyer stays at university
Despite a strong interest in commercial law, Dr Sandra Frisby decided not to head off to the City on graduation. Instead she focused on...

Ex-City lawyer goes underground
We have spoken to self-employed lawyers for the last few weeks, so thought it was time to return to an in-house interview – the stalwart...

Ex-Freshfields solicitor switches to the Bar
Anneli Howard qualified in 1999 as an associate in Freshfields’ EU litigation practice. In 2000, she became a “referendaire” at the...