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Roundtable - Facing the future; shaping the present
Modern Lawyer
Vol. 4 - Iss. 3 pp. 6–16
Oct 2020
In the first of our roundtable events for Modern Lawyer, we gathered a group of general counsel and law firm professionals to discuss their thoughts on some of the significant changes which have taken place in recent months in how we work and how we think about work. Covid-19 has fundamentally changed the way we're working - will this continue? Black Lives Matter has also created a lot of discussion on how we can really create a truly inclusive profession. Modern Lawyer spoke with Bendita Cynthia Malakia, global head of diversity and inclusion at Hogan Lovells; Charles Martin, partner at MacFarlanes; Rupa Patel, general counsel at Awaze; and Kenny Robertson, head of legal for outsourcing, technology and IP at RBS. Below is an edited version of our conversation.