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International Mentoring Day 2017
On International Mentoring Day, we are delighted to share blogs from three participants in our career mentoring scheme.
Creating the in-house best practice course
Colin Anderson, Law Society of Scotland Council member, discusses the new best practice course for in-house lawyers and asks for your input for future CPD events.
Two sides to a summer internship
A former intern and her employer talk about their experience of an in-house summer internship and why you should give it a go.
Law Society joins In-house Counsel Worldwide
Fraser Hudghton, head of in-house member engagement, celebrates the recent acceptance of our application to become a member of In-house Counsel Worldwide (ICW).
In-house and private practice traineeships - two sides of the same coin
Gavin Smith, a trainee at Standard Life, explains how, whilst in-house and private practice traineeships have their differences, they actually have a lot in common.
Secret in-house lawyer: who is your client?
There are some dilemmas faced by those practising in-house that most dare not speak of. Not so our secret in-house lawyer. In the latest blog, they tackle a tricky question - who is your client?
Are you managing your time effectively?
David Bryson, Senior Legal Counsel at Baillie Gifford & Co and co-Vice Convener of the In-house Lawyers Committee, provides some time management tips to help you get the most out of your day.
Leanne is a rising star
Glasgow-based solicitor Leanne Hammell has been named as the Law Society of Scotland’s In-house Rising Star 2017.
Law Society Rising Star shortlist announced
The finalists for the Law Society of Scotland’s 2017 In-house Rising Star Award have been announced.
Trainee blog - Christopher Knudsen
Christopher Knudsen is a trainee solicitor at North Lanarkshire Council, Legal and Democratic Solutions. He is coming to the end of his first seat in Asset and Information and will shortly be moving to a seat in Licensing and Litigation.
A great leap into the unknown
Kundai Phute, Governance Solicitor at Aberdeen City Council, reflects on her first few months as an in-house solicitor and some of the things she loves about her move over from private practice.
CPD for in-house lawyers - gender pay gap reporting
At this month’s ‘CPD for In-house Lawyers’ seminar, Amanda Jones – Head of the Employment, Pensions & Immigration team at Maclay Murray& Spens LLP – spoke to us about gender pay gap reporting. Here, Amanda reflects further on what this means for organisations and those involved with collating the data.
