by Laura Vosper | Sep 2, 2021 | Flexible Working, Freelance Life, Future of Work, Women in Law, Work/Life, Working in Law
What’s next? September sees schools start again in most of the UK (Scottish schools are already two weeks in). After the disruption caused by the pandemic and repeated home-schooling, parents around the world are hoping that this academic year will see a return...
by Laura Vosper | Mar 31, 2021 | Women in Law, Work/Life
Women lawyers writing on life in the law and more Given lawyers work so closely with words and people, perhaps it’s not a surprise that so many turn out to have a book (or more!) in them. In this post we celebrate some of our favourite books by women lawyers turned...
by The Obelisk Team | Oct 15, 2020 | Latest Trends, Popular, Women in Law
What have we learned, and what have we done? While originally coined in 2006 by social activist Tarana Burke, the #MeToo movement picked up global momentum on October 15, 2017 when Alyssa Milano tweeted a request to her followers: “If you’ve been...
by Nicola Evans | Oct 13, 2020 | Trending, Women in Law
“Sixty years ago, Ruth Bader Ginsburg applied to be Supreme Court Clerk. She’d studied at two of [our] finest law schools and had ringing recommendations. But because she was a woman she was rejected. Ten years later, she sent her first brief to the Supreme Court-...
by Laure Latham | Oct 8, 2020 | D&I, In Conversation With..., Trending, Women in Law
Touching on topics as important as Black Lives Matter, equality and making a difference, Bernadette Kisaalu, Principal Lawyer for BT Customer Experience and Chair of BT’s Ethnic Diversity Network has been talking to The Attic for Black History Month. Bernadette shares...
by The Obelisk Team | Sep 17, 2020 | Women in Law, Work/Life
Obelisk Support recently caught up with Carolyn Swain, a senior lawyer who is currently on sabbatical undertaking a Fine Arts (BA) Hons degree course side-hustle. Carolyn was previously a partner in a London law firm and latterly worked at Barclays as Head of Legal...
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