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The rise of the fee-sharing solicitor: A new way to achieve a work/life balance

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Date:25 JUN 2014
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ANNABEL CHRISTIE Senior Partner at AH Christie Legal LLP

There was a time when lawyers could have been expected to work their entire lives in the same law firm. In a world where the only thing more certain than job security was that all the lawyers were men this model might have worked. Yet this rigid framework still leaves much to be desired today especially for female lawyers.

Last year The Lawyer magazine reported that just 18.6% of partners across the UK's top 20 law firms are women. In the top 10 law firm less than 10% of partners are women. Successful female lawyers often face an unenviable choice between firm and family. Why should women be forced to choose? This leads to a huge waste of legal talent. So ...

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