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...
by The Obelisk Team | Aug 20, 2020 | Freelance Life
If you want to build your reputation as a freelancing lawyer, you can’t ignore social media. It’s open to everyone, cost-effective and, most importantly, clients increasingly expect to be able find you online. However much, or little, you use tools such as Twitter or...
by Laura Vosper | Jul 29, 2020 | Freelance Life
All of us need to understand the importance of branding. We are CEOs of our own companies: Me Inc. To be in business today, our most important job is to be head marketer for the brand called You. Tom Peters, writing in Fast Company Tom Peters wrote this piece on Brand...
by Laura Vosper | Jul 23, 2020 | Freelance Life
“People have a choice. If you want the people you care about to see you, care about your brand, buy from you…you have to have empathy for who they are and what they care about.” Seth Godin, in conversation with Qualtrics, 2020 Our focus for our 2020 Summer...
by Laure Latham | May 14, 2020 | Latest Trends, Trending, Working in Law
The legal blogosphere is thriving, with ever-more lawyers, writers, bloggers and journalists stepping up to debate the issues of the day, share knowledge and experience and change the way we think about law and the legal industry. But which are the top law blogs to...