Special Focus Archive

Training: Best of the best

Contents:

Young Guns
Law firms should adopt more corporate approaches to graduate recruitment, suggests Sue Clarke, head of careers at Nottingham Law School;
Wake up call
Ben Rigby reveals how law firms are adapting their approaches to junior talent management to ensure a strong base of future partners;
Masterclass: Mind the gap
Kate Buller, a founding partner of Executive Coaching Consultancy, discusses how law firms can increase their retention of female talent after maternity leave;
Market analysis:
UK law firms to face a shortage of trainees;
Management tools
Melissa Hardee of Hardee Consulting discusses the place of management training in law firms;
Exam hall
Di Lawson, the SRA’s director of education and training, discusses how the regulator is revising its assessment approach for international lawyers;
Comment: Talent management
Junior lawyers will need to be fast-tracked to provide value, says Chrissie Lightfoot;

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Financial Management 2010: Weathering the Storm Financial management: Weathering the storm

Contents:

Masterclass: To Boldly Go
Specialist trainer Will Kintish explains how finance directors can improve their career prospects and make a difference to their firms by networking;
Case study: Tracking expenses
McGrigors’ financial controller, David Gattens, comments on his experiences in implementing a new expenses management system;
Sponsored Feature: QROPS phenomenon
A panel of specialists examine how qualifying recognised overseas pension schemes can maximise pension savings and remain UK tax compliant;
Hunker down
UK law firms should start identifying whether extra external funding is needed to meet the new tax burdens, says Louis Baker, head of Crowe Clark Whitehill’s professional practices group;
Ear to the ground
Chief executive John Thomas reveals how LawNet’s network of medium-sized law firms performed over the past year and how financial strategies will need to change.

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