The Lawyer

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The Lawyer
The Lawyer magazine cover.jpg
EditorCatrin Griffiths
PublisherCentaur Media
Founded1987;37 years ago (1987)
Company Centaur Media
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based inLondon
LanguageEnglish
Website www.thelawyer.com
ISSN 0953-7902

The Lawyer is a legal business information product for law firm leaders, commercial lawyers, barristers and in-house counsel. It is based in London.

Contents

History and profile

The Lawyer was launched in 1987 by Centaur Media plc. [1] It published a once-weekly magazine for 30 years until May 2017, when the frequency changed to monthly. [2]

The Lawyer has a spin-off online brand for students and aspiring lawyers called Lawyer 2B. [3]

As well as the legal news and analysis website TheLawyer.com, The Lawyer information products include Signal and Litigation Tracker.

Litigation Tracker was launched in 2019 [4] and publishes litigation news and analysis, and maintains a searchable database of case and claims data from 15 UK high courts.

Most content on the news website TheLawyer.com is paywalled, [5] [6] requiring a personal or corporate subscription to access.

Editors

Lindsay Greig was the editor from when it was founded in 1987 to 1991. [7]

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References

  1. "The Lawyer". Centaur Media. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  2. Mayhew, Freddy (21 February 2017). "Marketing Week and The Lawyer to go monthly as Centaur Media looks to move away from print". Press Gazette. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  3. Willis, Jody (29 May 2013). "The Lawyer and Lawyer2B re-launch with a complete redesign". Abacus Media. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  4. "The Lawyer Launches New Litigation Tracker – Pearson Communications". pearsoncomms.com. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  5. "From controlled circ to enterprise subs". www.inpublishing.co.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  6. "Exclusive: The Lawyer magazine moves behind paywall | RollOnFriday". www.rollonfriday.com. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  7. 28 May 2015, The Independent, Lindsay Greig obituary