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The programme is designed as an internship for women who want to get back to work. | 11yrs

Smaller law firms are enjoying more financial success than their larger colleagues in Scotland, says the Scottish Law Society's annual report but there are still firms only earning £15k profit a year. | 11yrs

The move from private practice to in-house demands different skills such as the ability to influence and an understanding of business. | 11yrs

A weekly round-up of moves around the globe. | 11yrs

Dentons is restructuring its Singapore office as it moves to integrate the firm post-merger. | 11yrs

Pensions are now as important as property in UK divorce settlements and likely to increase further. | 11yrs

UK top 50 firm Blake Morgan has boosted its London presence through a merger with Piper Smith Watton, the Westminster-based firm. | 11yrs

Midlands-based law firm Gateley is the first law firm in Britain to become a public company after it appointed bankers to advise on a £140m London float. | 11yrs

Large law firms had a slow start to 2015 with modest revenue growth and flat demand in the first quarter, compared with the same period last year. | 11yrs

A leading judge has expressed his “deep unease about the desert of applications” to vary costs budgets - with practitioners responding that they are positively avoiding doing so. | 11yrs

Criticism of the US patent system is unjustified, says a former director of the US Patent and Trademark Office. | 11yrs

The Luxury Legal set is heading for London next week and only a few places remain. | 11yrs

US corporates have less opportunity to give feedback on external law firm performance than globally. | 11yrs

No two clients have the same definition of value, says Nathaniel Slavin. | 11yrs

A leading law firm has called on businesses to prepare for Britain's exit from the EU following the Conservative Party's victory last week. | 11yrs

Companies could share information and agree not to initiate patent litigation under the agreement. | 11yrs

There is good news for the legal marketplace after figures released by the US Bureau of Labor revealed legal employment was on the up. | 11yrs

Partners in Clifford Chance have voted in a framework for a new pay system which will give them more flexibility to reward rising stars and make defections less likely. | 11yrs

Following controversy over the relationships between legislators who have earnt millions from law firms without clocking up hours for clients, the state is being asked 'to close the no-show job loophole'. | 11yrs