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Every law firm and his dog seems to be moving into a green office at the moment, but how important is that really when it comes to a law firm's impact on the environment?
Well with COP28 well underway in Dubai, for the last episode of The Lawyer Podcast for 2023, we dive into one of the great challenges for this generation of lawyers: how can firms manage their relationship with the environment?
Catrin and Christian are joined by The Lawyer's sustainability guru Jessica Boak, along with deputy editor (UK) Rich Simmons, to discuss how firms impact the environment, what they are doing about it, what the next generation of lawyers want from their employers, and the thorny issue of acting for big polluter clients.

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Across the UK and Europe, new types of litigation are booming – and the money is pumping in.

On this episode of The Lawyer Podcast, Catrin Griffiths, Christian Smith and Alex Taylor sit down to debate what the future holds for the once maligned practice area, and whether litigators are proving themselves more creative than their transactional colleagues.

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The Lawyer Podcast is back for 2023.

In the first episode of the year, The Lawyer's editor Catrin Griffiths and litigation editor Christian Smith are joined by deputy editor (City) Rachel Moloney to discuss all the rumours surrounding Hogan Lovells’ merger talks with Shearman & Sterling.

We also speak to Hill Dickinson partner Jessica Neary about being accused of being an “absent mother” at the school gates.

Deputy editor (national), Richard Simmons, is also in the studio to discuss what Gen Z law students want out of their careers – and it’s not as many dogs and oat milk flat whites as you might think.

And The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases for 2023 was announced earlier this week. Senior litigation reporter Adam Mawardi joins the podcast to discuss some of his favourites.

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Tis the season to be jolly, so for the last episode of The Lawyer Podcast for 2022, editor Catrin Griffiths and litigation editor Christian Smith are getting into the Christmas spirit with the dulcet tones of the best law firm choirs the City has to offer.

But first, can lawyers actually switch off at Christmas? Lawyers-turned-journalists Christian and in-house reporter Lucie Cruz discuss what might be in store for lawyers this holiday season, and what it tells us about the wider challenges of the practice.

Elsewhere, as Linklaters announce its first solicitor apprenticeship scheme, Horizon editor Katy Dowell breaks down how such programmes have developed, and how they offer an exciting future for new lawyers.

And Santa’s sleigh drops into Poland with international editor Alex Taylor to see what would happen if Slaughter and May merged with Mishcon de Reya.

With thanks to the wonderful choirs at Linklaters, Addleshaw Goddard and RPC.

The Lawyer Podcast will be taking a break over the festive season, but will be back again in January, so make sure to subscribe on your favourite podcast app for future episodes.

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On this episode, Catrin and Christian preview next week’s The Lawyer Awards and take a look at some of the categories exciting them this year.

Rachel Moloney, deputy editor (City), joins the podcast to discuss which firms retain talented senior lawyers in corporate when they're not making partner, while other firms just don’t like it (hint, it’s the US ones).

And following the launch of Horizon Live last week, we bring you an excerpt of the discussion between the London managing partners of three leading US firms. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett’s Jason Glover, Jenner and Block’s Christine Braamskamp, and Mayer Brown’s Dominic Griffiths join to tell us why an economic downturn isn’t a bad thing for private equity lawyers, and what they think about the A&O – Shearman & Sterling merger.

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