Welcome 2023!
Wishing you all a joy, healthy, safe and beautiful New Year!
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The Legal Style Awards part 2: Videos
Check out the photos from the event in part 1 Here are some of the video highlights: Winner of the
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The Legal Style Awards 2022
Some 6-7 weeks ago, itsalawyerslife.com and 42 Bedford Row teamed up to host an awards event. 42BR are sponsoring The
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QueueE2: The queue to see Queen Elizabeth II lying in state
by Rehna I found the experience of seeing her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, lying in the state at Westminster hall,
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Weekend Woman: Keeley and baby George
Some of you will know that our beauty and fashion editor, Keeley, suffered a devastating loss earlier this year when
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Clerking: A balancing act. A well-being story.
By Stuart Taylor, deputy senior clerk at Westgate chambers As any Barristers’ clerk will tell you, they are always busy
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Tuesday: Prince William at 40
On a Friday evening in September 1997 I was in South Kensington. Ahead of me, I saw a large, sombre
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Tuesday triumph: The platinum jubilee roundup
“Better days will return,we will be with our friends again,we will be with our families again.We will meet again!”
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Weekend woman: The Queen. Platinum lady.
I knew of the Queen of England long before I ever came to live in her country. She had visited
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Weekend Woman: The Duchess of Cambridge at 40
This Sunday the Duchess of Cambridge marks a significant birthday. She turns 40. We look at some of the steps
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Thursday Throwback: Diana 60
It’s a long story but I once found myself sitting in Kensington palace, leafing through photographs of Diana, Princess of
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Tuesday Times : Lockdown anniversary
It started as a far away idea. That we might have lockdown. That we might be confined to our homes
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Friday Face: Stephen Lue -LGBTQ life and the law
Stephen Lue, barrister at Garden Court chambers talks to us about his life as a gay man, his career at
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Thursday Thinker :Chris Daw QC interview
It’s a Lawyer’s Life in conversation with Chris Daw QC Chris Daw QC is one of Britain’s top defence barristers
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Weekend Woman: Beirut explosion + Virtual Courtrooms
Sara Hemrajani, who has written so many great film reviews for LawyersLife has started this fantastic news digest : Deep
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Thursday Thinkers: Deep Dive news
Hello and welcome! There’s a huge amount of information to read and digest at the best of times, but even more
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Friday Feeling : Bandwidth, a story of emotions. By Rina
Bandwidth* By Rina *My husband, Nick, uses this word all the time and apparently, it’s not just about Virgin Media
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Thursday Thoughts part 3: Imposter syndrome, Tips by Rehna
In 1998 Robin Williams, the late, great comic actor, famous for Mrs Doubtfire and playing the genie in Aladdin, won
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Thursday Thoughts : Imposter syndrome part 2 By Rehna
The prisoners, to my left and right, watch me through the bars of the small window on their cell doors
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Wednesday worry: Imposter syndrome by Tim Bergin
Am I really just an imposter? by Tim Bergin, family law barrister Recently, attending a legal meeting, I was struck
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Wednesday woman : The child in care who became a child care lawyer. Part 2. By Eleanor (not her real name)
When I first started this site I I wanted it to be a place where lawyers could share their thoughts
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Monday Musings: When enough is too much by Jacqui
When enough is simply too much A heartfelt piece by Family Law barrister Jacqueline Roach I could not work out
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Wednesday Winner: Dancing back to school. By Rachel
The last time N was at school before lockdown, the weather was about the same as today; drizzly and windy.
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Monday Mood: Falling water, celebration of an architect by Eliza
Evening all! American architect and interior designer Frank Lloyd Wright, born #OTD in 1867, designed more than 1000 buildings, of which 532 were
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