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The path to the boardroom is evading many lawyers. They need to work on their networks and management experience if they are to make it onto boards, says Melinda Wallman. | 14yrs

Leading law firm partners answer the big questions | 14yrs

Global general counsel answer our big question | 14yrs

Politics and sport, runs an argument often proffered by a vocal, smug and self-righteous brigade, don't mix. | 14yrs

Published by: Cambridge University Press Author: Lawrence Cunningham April 2012 P/B £19.99 ISBN: 978-1107020078 | 14yrs

Published by: Shepheard-Walwyn Author: Polly Higgins May 2012 P/B £14.95 ISBN: 978-0856832888 | 14yrs

The legal team at South Africa's African National Congress has had some major issues on its plate since the country's first universal elections were held in 1994. | 14yrs

The English Channel at its narrowest point may only be 21 miles, but the gulf of understanding between the French and the British remains far wider. | 14yrs

There's an aphorism about a tree falling in a forest, which ends with the mind-boggling conundrum for those who've smoked too many drugs: if there's no-one there to hear it crash to the ground, how do we know it makes any noise? | 14yrs

Overseas visitors to the US are often bemused by many cultural idiosyncrasies in the 'land of the free'- and none more so than the affection local governments across the country have for imposing strict traffic laws. | 14yrs

Modern journalism is not held in the highest of esteem in many quarters, and here's a story that really doesn't reflect well on the Fourth Estate. | 14yrs

James Dedman, a partner at South Carolina-based law firm Gallivan White & Boyd, has used his experience as an editor at the Abnormal Use blog to suggest how virgin law bloggers could, and should, get involved in their own blogging adventures. | 14yrs

Recruitment market realities hit home | 14yrs

'A zero-minute commute and the ability to work in your pyjamas are just a few of the perks of working from home,' writes Shannon Green on the Corporate Counsel blog. A tempting prospect indeed, but how would it work for lawyers? | 14yrs

Bahraini law firm beefs up capabilities | 14yrs

The Portland office of Pittsburgh-headquartered K&L Gates has poached commercial disputes practice partner John Casey from US rivals Latham & Watkins. | 14yrs

Australian law firm Johnson Winter & Slattery has bagged two partners for its Sydney office in an effort to boost its commercial disputes and workplace relations capabilities. | 14yrs

London-headquartered international law firm Simmons & Simmons has bagged a three-partner team from Dewey & LeBoeuf for its Frankfurt office. | 14yrs

London-based law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner has recruited former Clifford Chance counsel Roman Khodykin as a partner. | 14yrs