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34 published stories. All fictional; most familiar.
Ops

Associate Diary · First-person diary

My First 100 Days as a First-Year Associate

Amelia Pike learns how to draft a notice provision, locate the current draft and identify the deadline nobody has told the client about.

By Amelia Pike17 Oct 2026 · 4 min read

A young lawyer in a sharp suit with a large watch, conference badge and tote bag poses in a mirrored hotel corridor
Careers

Culture · Explainer

What Is Lawyer Maxxing?

The internet’s newest professional aspiration involves becoming the most lawyer possible, preferably in public.

By Martin Pavey17 Oct 2026 · 3 min read

A stack of bound meeting minutes beside a table card reading 'Task Force (Again)'
Risk

Internal Documents · Leaked meeting minutes

Task Force Formed to Review Previous Task Force

Minutes of the Wetherby Dodd Committee Effectiveness Task Force. Approved, subject to approval.

From the Wetherby Dodd intranet17 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

A glass office wall covered in sticky notes around a central note reading 'Process?'
Ops

Dispatches from Operations · First-person working diary

Legal Ops Team Asked to Scale Process Without Process

A day in the life of a woman authorised to change everything except how anybody does anything.

By Victoria Ames, Director of Legal Operations, Bellwether Voss17 Oct 2026 · 3 min read

An office security turnstile beside a calendar with every day circled
BigLaw

The Attendance Desk · Round-up with policy extracts and Q&A

Three Days in the Office. All Seven of Them.

The Unbillable examines three new attendance policies. None has made Wednesday easier.

By Celia Firth and the Workplace Correspondent, who has been told to come in17 Oct 2026 · 3 min read