WELCOME TO MORETOLAW
Are you happy in your current legal role but would like to know about your future options? Are you considering moving jobs within the legal sector? Are you thinking about a complete career change? Have you already made a big career move? Or do you just want a quick break from work? If any of the above apply then this site is for you....
Moretolaw is a unique site run by a group of City/ex-City solicitors who want lawyers to have effective access to all the career and lifestyle options that exist for them, both within and outside of the legal sector. We are here to inspire you to take the next step in your career and we hope to give you some food for thought.
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We feature lawyers who have made considerable job and career changes themselves, both WITHIN LAW and OUT OF LAW. We also have a CAREER ADVICE page, including details of careers consultants, reviews of recruitment agencies and firms, a JOBS page (for hand-picked, interesting roles both within and outside the legal sector),and a TIME OUT page. We hope that you find the site helpful, entertaining and interesting. If there's anything else you'd like to see on the site then please let us know.
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Features on ex-lawyers who have left the law to do something new - inspiration for those toying with the idea of becoming "ex"...
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INTERVIEWS
Our WITHIN LAW feature is with Amanda Brock, who trained in the City and moved in-house relatively early in her career. She is now General Counsel for a technology company four days a week. On the side of her legal career she runs a business called Caledoniart which specialises in Scottish art. We asked her about mixing the two and you can read about her here.
Our current OUT OF LAW feature is with Seb Shorr. After qualifying into property at Lovells, he moved at 18m PQE to the real estate department of Shearman & Sterling. He has recently left law at 5yrs PQE to do an MBA at the London Business School. You can read about his decision and how he is finding it so far here.
INTERESTED IN THE MEDIA SECTOR?
The London Business School Media Club is proud to invite you to the 2008 London Media Summit: The Great Debate: how can 'old' media survive?
Date: 24th November 2008
Location: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), Regent's Park, London
Website: to register, go to www.londonmediaclub.org/summit2008/
"Co-Chaired by Channel 4 News' Jon Snow and CNN's Becky Anderson, the 2008 London Media Summit will explore the effects of emerging distribution channels on traditional media (i.e. music, print, film and tv). With keynote speeches from: Bill Roedy, Vice Chairman, MTV Networks; Alan Rusbridger, Managing Editor, The Guardian; Mark Thompson, Director-General, BBC; and Stewart Till, Chairman, UK Film Council, this year’s Summit will offer the freshest opinions from the industry’s most senior practitioners."
RECRUITMENT
Moretolaw has links to lots of law firms, recruiters, companies and small businesses and can help you with your job search. We can also simply give you some ideas or put you in touch with someone useful to speak to. If you would like to move jobs (whether within or out of law) then email us here, giving us an idea of:
- your current position; and
- what you are thinking about doing, even if the answer is "I don't know where to start."
We will then get in touch with you and, if we think we can assist you, we will ask you to register with us and send us your CV. We will then take it from there...