by Ben Girdlestone | May 19, 2025 | Editor's picks, PM Magazine
t has been a tumultuous start for US law firms under the Trump spotlight. Ben Girdlestone explores the reputational challenges. Normally, leaving the drafting of an article to the last minute before the deadline will only result in giving both the author and their...
by Matt Baldwin | May 19, 2025 | Editor's picks, PM Magazine
Kim Tolkien is the Business Development Manager for the global intellectual property practice at Clifford Chance. She is also the founder of the Legal BD Futures Forum. Kim Tolkien has recently been promoted, taking her first manager role at the law firm Clifford...
by Matt Baldwin | May 19, 2025 | Editor's picks, PM Magazine
Farrer & Co was an early pioneer of solicitor and marketing apprenticeships. With six graduates from its programme so far and currently supporting six solicitor apprentices across the firm, Matt Baldwin speaks to three current and recent apprentices: solicitor...
by Jeremy Ford | Mar 1, 2025 | Editor's picks, PM Magazine
Fifth Day is an advocacy initiative across the UK to promote and develop pro bono work by professional staff across law firms. Fifth Day was founded in 2022 by professional services communications expert Fred Banning. At the time, Fred explained: “In 2018, I applied...
by Nick Misquitta | Mar 1, 2025 | Editor's picks, PM Magazine
Events have long been a cornerstone of professional services marketing, and firms are often generous in allowing third parties to use that event space. But, asks Nick Misquitta, do they really bring any lasting value? The value of venue space has never been higher....
by James Lumley | Mar 1, 2025 | Editor's picks, PM Magazine
Most professional services firms have a rich variety of training and professional development options for their fee earners, but are they and should they be offering the same to their marketers and communications people? Writer and trainer James Lumley finds out what...
