May 17, 2023
Anxiety is the theme of Mental Health Awareness Week 2023. We explore anxiety in the legal profession with practical advice from lawyers for lawyers on how to manage anxiety, plus highlight valuable resources and support.
May 15, 2023
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors have become key drivers of corporate strategy and success. e explore three ways in which legal teams successfully support their organisation’s ESG strategy
March 7, 2023
The legal profession is constantly evolving, and with that comes new opportunities for lawyers, paralegals and ...
February 22, 2023
Returning to law after a career break
The reasons behind taking a career break are many and varied. Perhaps ...
October 19, 2022
Mental health and the legal industry
Each 10th October, we celebrate World Mental Health Day and this year's theme ...
September 13, 2022
The SQE: An opportunity for transformation
My previous article spoke about what the Solicitors Qualification ...
September 23, 2021
Does the legal industry have a problem with feedback?
Anecdotally, yes. Frequently in-house lawyers complain that ...
November 5, 2020
Lawyers with side-hustles: Obelisk Support recently caught up with Ivan Guevara, a senior corporate and commercial ...
July 8, 2020
This blog post was updated on 2 March, 2021
Zoom, the video-conferencing solution of choice during the ...
February 20, 2020
Here at Obelisk we are always interested to meet lawyers-turned-entrepreneurs and are delighted to have had to ...
January 22, 2020
Guest post by Niamh O’Keeffe, Leadership advisor & author of ‘Your First 100 Days: how to make maximum impact ...
September 10, 2019
Continuing learning and professional development for lawyers? With this guide, learn how to keep up and put tools and strategies in place to ensure you are up to date and don’t miss the key developments in your practice area.
June 20, 2019
On The Attic, we recently looked at curbing legalese and why more and more lawyers and businesses are making their ...
September 14, 2018
We look at the impact of culture on law firm performance and highlight four key pillars of firms’ future success. (Published June 2019)
September 13, 2018
We have noticed a lot being written recently about professional ghosting. Though not necessarily a new phenomenon, ...
December 1, 2016
Now that December has arrived, it’s a natural time to reflect on the past 12 months and focus on your fulfilled ...
September 20, 2016
Maintaining focus on personal priorities and authenticity made me a better lawyer, says Terry Miller OBE
“My ...
July 5, 2015
This blog is a tribute – just not one to my mother, as you would expect on this Mother’s Day. It is a dedication ...