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Career Advice

Life as a Trustee: A Crafty Counsel podcast

Posted February 29, 2024

Our latest podcast in collaboration with Crafty Counsel is now live. Thank you to our guests Shrina Shah and Natalie Salunke for their time and eye-opening insights into how they find joy at work and outside of it as Trustees. In this episode Shrina and Natalie share their rewarding experiences as Trustees talking about how the role can be life […]

Career Advice

The power of mentorship: A Crafty Counsel podcast

Posted January 5, 2024

In our latest podcast collaboration with Crafty Counsel, we met with Shika Soni who took us through her international legal career and spoke really passionately about her work as a mentor to not only those connected with law but also a wide variety of other aspiring students and professionals. Shika shares some inspiring words about […]

Career Advice

Moving in-house: career advice for junior lawyers

Posted October 30, 2023

In recent years, there has been a noticeable surge in the demand for in-house junior lawyers. At the same time, we have seen an upswing in the enthusiasm of junior lawyers aiming for careers in-house. However, despite these trends, apprehensions remain within the legal industry around the possibility of being deemed ‘too junior’ to move […]

Career Advice

The GC as Trustee: How can both General Counsel and a not-for-profit benefit?

Posted July 13, 2023

Watch the webinar in full below As part of our Trustee Network series of events, Taylor Root has partnered with Indigo Volunteers to explore the value General Counsel bring to the charity trustee role. The role of the trustee can be hugely rewarding and provides opportunities to add value to a charity through the sharing […]

General counsel

The power of sharing the General Counsel role: A Crafty Counsel podcast

Posted March 21, 2023

We are very excited to share our first Taylor Root in-house podcast! In collaboration with Crafty Counsel, we met with Alexandra Badel and Sharon Harris to discuss their experience of job sharing their General Counsel role. The podcast highlights the pros and cons of job sharing at this level and gives listeners practical tips on […]

Career Advice

Take your legal career to London

Posted October 11, 2022

We recently held our ‘Take your legal career to London’ webinar, hosted by Priya Shah who was joined by Holly O’Connell, Legal Advisor at FirstGroup Plc and David Harrigan, Interim Deputy General Counsel. The session discussed the current in-house interim, legal job market and career development opportunities and explored the logistics around making an international […]

Global Impact Series

What we learnt about burnout with Elke Geraerts

Posted March 12, 2022

In 2019, burnout was recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as an occupational phenomenon. But what is burnout? This, and what changes we can make in our lives in order to build our mental resilience were the focus of our most recent webinar. We were joined by renowned psychologist and author Elke Geraerts, straight […]

In-house

ESG: how can General Counsels and in-house lawyers guide their business to the starting line?

Posted March 12, 2021

On the 4th March 2021, Sarah Ingwersen and Eva Bishop facilitated the latest in our Taylor Root ESG webinar series titled ESG: How can General Counsels and in-house lawyers guide their business to the starting line?. There is so much information in the public domain about ESG and the importance of measuring impact for an […]

General counsel

Managing your career as General Counsel – Q&A series

Posted October 12, 2020

The role of the general counsel has changed significantly over the last decade. General counsels no longer simply provide advice, manage risk and ensure legal compliance. Today’s general counsel is expected to help steer the business through periods of change and meet commercial objectives whilst operating as a business enabler and an essential adviser to […]

General counsel

Managing your career to General Counsel – Q&A Series

Posted October 12, 2020

The role of an in-house lawyer has changed considerably over the last decade. In-house lawyers are expected to offer much more than just straightforward legal advice: they must be able to think strategically and advise commercially, often on non-legal matters. For an ambitious lawyer looking to progress towards a General Counsel position, the route is not as […]

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