Six Useful Tips For Working From Home
With over 200 remote working lawyers and a business model that has spanned over 13 years, we have outlined 6 useful tips to help you make working from home a success.
A Blog by Carol Lee – My experience as a Consultant Lawyer over the last 10 years.
At the end of February, I shall reach the milestone of having been a Setfords consultant solicitor for ten years. Working this way over the past decade has enabled me to change my lifestyle by moving away from the traditional “nine to five commute” to being able to fulfil my dream of living on a
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The real reason lawyers choose consultancy
The majority of Setfords consultants have school-age or dependent children. A big question – What do you value most in life? Family, friends, travel, challenges won, successes earned…? Where did the office feature in that collage? How about your daily commute? Your boss? Probably not at all. This begs the question – why do we
Let’s make the legal industry in 2018 about talent, not age
I have always believed success should be about talent, but the workplace can often tell a very different story. Office politics of course plays its part, but I’m certain age plays another. And I’m not just talking about discrimination suffered by older workers, I’m talking about younger ones too. The old But let’s start with
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Setfords relaunches recruitment website as rising numbers of lawyers seek information about working as a consultant
Setfords Solicitors’ recruitment website www.consultantsolicitor.co.uk has been relaunched with an entirely fresh design and new content as it looks to even better serve the thousands of lawyers who visit the site every year. The site has seen a 240% increase in traffic in the past 12 months as thousands more lawyers explore working as consultants
A Day in my Legal Life
Tom Flatau, Setfords consultant & Head of Real Estate
Tom Flatau is Head of Real Estate at Setfords. At his last firm he was offered equity partnership – he turned it down to become a consultant.
A Day in my Legal Life
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As summer holidays approach thoughts turn to partnership. But are you chasing the wrong prize? Our co-CEO Guy Setford gives his view.
Congratulations, you’ve survived another six months as a successful lawyer and that much-needed summer break is just around the corner. Chances are that as you grab a few weeks to recuperate, your thoughts will turn to your career and you will ask yourself a few questions. What am I doing this for? Will it lead
A Day in my Legal Life
Anne Thomas, Setfords consultant
Family lawyer Anne Thomas lives in Horsham with her husband and two children, Freddy, 4 and Lilia who’s 16 months.
A Day in my Legal Life
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Agile working in traditional law firms – not what it says on the tin but a good first step
I read with sadness but no great surprise that four out of 10 senior associates would not choose to become a lawyer again, according to The Lawyer’s Salary Survey 2016. The high stress, long hours, culture[…]
Reasons to become a consultant solicitor at Setfords… #1 You’ll live longer
Mood swings, panic attacks, and skin problems – no, you’re not a teenager, you’re a lawyer in a traditional law firm. The level of stress within the legal profession is well documented – in fact LawCare[…]
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Reasons to become a consultant solicitor at Setfords… #2 You’ll have better relationships
Tell me if this sounds familiar: you wake up on a Saturday morning and you’re tired and irritable. Your children, if you have any, run into the room and jump on your bed looking[…]
Reasons to become a consultant solicitor at Setfords… #3 You’ll earn more money
The reality of the traditional legal industry is this: you will earn far more for the law firm that employs you than you will ever earn for yourself. Now for most of you that will not come as[…]
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Reasons to become a consultant solicitor at Setfords… #4 You’ll be healthier
Anyone who works in a traditional law firm will tell you that, bar sitting down in a restaurant with a client, lunch is spent at your desk. With so many clients and so little time, you can’t spare[…]
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Reasons to become a Setfords consultant solicitor…#5 You’ll be happier
Happiness – we all want it and time and again we’re told the Danes have it. Denmark is often ranked as the happiest country in the world. But why? And what have the Danes got in[…]
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5 reasons to become a Setfords consultant solicitor and the 7 things you should do next
What do you think about when you think of a lawyer’s life in a traditional firm? The fight to make partner? Working long hours? High stress? A competitive working environment?[…]
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