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Type of site | Lawyers Information |
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Owner | RollOnFriday Limited |
Created by | Matthew Rhodes Piers Warburton |
URL | http://www.rollonfriday.com/ |
Launched | 2000 |
RollOnFriday (also known as RoF) is a British website designed for and used by those involved in the legal profession, from law students[1] to qualified solicitors and barristers including Queen's Counsel.[2] Its readership includes journalists and others from outside the profession, as well as increasingly few practising lawyers.
History and content[]
The site was established in 2000[3] by Matthew Rhodes and Piers Warburton. The two met while solicitors at the London law firm Ashurst (where Warburton still works as a partner). Warburton said at the time that the site was intended to be 'young, irreverent and a bit cheeky'.[3]
From launch, the site provided weekly news stories,[4] detailed information on individual law firms[5] - including the salaries they pay - and weekly features such as 'glamorous solicitor'[6] showcasing some of the more interesting looking of the world's lawyers.
In 2001, the website launched the discussion board and more recently has developed a jobs database and other recruitment facilities.[7] Over the years the site has grown in popularity and is now an established part of the legal market. Over 50 of the UK's leading law firms use it as a means of advertising and make use of its graduate and lateral recruitment databases: Fast Track and Make Me An Offer.
The website had a major revamp at the end of May 2009 and another in 2018.
Mentions from outside[]
On occasion stories are broken on the website, legal and otherwise, which are taken up in national newspapers. The following is a list of some outside mentions.
- National newspapers
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- The Times
- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,200-2177760.html
- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1750863,00.html
- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,4003-2189092.html
- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1750863_1,00.html
- The Independent
- [1]
- The Guardian
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardian_jobs_and_money/story/0,,1211702,00.html
- The Daily Telegraph
- [2][dead link]
- Legal journals
- Universities
- Various UK and overseas universities recommend the site to law students for information about UK law firms
- http://www.hull.ac.uk/law/courses/ug/lawyer.html
- Imperial College
- http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/scc/law/links.html
- Lancaster University
- http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/law/current/resources/careers/index.htm
- the University of Victoria
- http://cdo.law.uvic.ca/CareerResearch.html
References[]
- ^ Roll On Friday.com
- ^ "Rollonfriday has a beauty this week…". 11 August 2006.
- ^ a b "Law Gazette - General news".
- ^ "RollOnFriday: news, views and gossip on City law firms (including salaries)".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2006-07-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2006-07-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2006-07-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links[]
- Internet forums
- British news websites
- Solicitors
- Internet properties established in 2000
- Legal websites