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Lawyers with side-hustles: Carolyn Swain, lawyer and artist

by Laure Latham | Sep 17, 2020 | Freelance Life

Obelisk Support recently caught up with Carolyn Swain, a senior lawyer who is currently on sabbatical undertaking a Fine Arts (BA) Hons degree course. Carolyn was previously a partner in a London law firm and latterly worked at Barclays as Head of Legal for...

Ready for anything: Presenting yourself in an interview/STAR

by The Obelisk Team | Sep 9, 2020 | Freelance Life

For this, our concluding article in our summer school “Ready for Anything” series, we are focusing on how to make a winning impact when you’re meeting with potential clients. We’ve invited David Roylance from Speak to Shine, who helps women to smash the glass ceiling...

Back to school…but not as we know it: Tips for managing coming back from the longest break ever

by Laure Latham | Sep 2, 2020 | Freelance Life

When schools in many countries closed in earlier this year, parents around the world had to figure out a new challenge: home-schooling. Whilst some have enjoyed this extra time with their children, research by UCL in the UK found that mothers in particular saw a...

Networking from home: how do you keep your network alive when you can’t leave the house?

by Laura Vosper | Aug 27, 2020 | Freelance Life

As the saying goes, there’s only one letter between networking and not working, yet it turns out the parties, after-hours drinks in the office and dinners so beloved of the legal industry do have a serious purpose. Making and sustaining connections has a real impact...

Ready for anything: Harnessing the power of LinkedIn

by The Obelisk Team | Aug 20, 2020 | Freelance Life

If you want to build your reputation as a freelancing lawyer, you can’t ignore social media. It’s open to everyone, cost-effective and, most importantly, clients increasingly expect to be able find you online. However much, or little, you use tools such as Twitter or...