Year: 2019
Flexible Working – What is it good for?
Is it time for employers to embrace flexible working? By Susan Cooper, Accutrainee Founder Earlier this year, I was on a panel at the Law Society’s Gender Equality in Law symposium to discuss how flexible working can attract and retain talent. Listening…Read More
Do Diversity & Inclusion make good commercial sense?
Question: What is the business case for ensuring that organisations are diverse and inclusive? Answer: Institutions from all sectors, whether they are corporates, law firms or financial institutions, to name a few, have developed diversity and inclusion policies in response…Read More
Accutrainee Update
Accutrainee – flexible junior resourcing for the legal profession Why are we seeing more in-house training contracts? By Susan Cooper, Accutrainee Founder When I was applying for my trainee contract, I took the same well-trodden path as everyone else at that…Read More
Why are we seeing more in-house training contracts?
When I was applying for my trainee contract, I took the same well-trodden path as everyone else at that time. That tide has turned… By Susan Cooper, Accutrainee Founder Today, an increasing number of trainees want to train and work…Read More
Data protection and Brexit – is it time for businesses to panic?
What steps should UK businesses take to ensure compliance with data protection regulations post-Brexit? The UK’s as-yet unresolved terms by which it will leave the European Union (EU) have sent the legal community into something of a spin as the…Read More