Lawyer Monthly Magazine -December 2019 Edition

47 21 10 Professional Excellence My Legal Life Front Cover Feature 48. Patents How Do Patents Work in Slovakia? 22. Celeste Poltak Class Action Suits And The Role They Play In Our Justice System 10. Change for the Better or Worse? 2019 Legal Change Summary 53 Super Lawyers 54. The Life of a Trial Lawyer By Ronald J. Schutz, Robins Kaplan LLP 6 WWW.LAWYER-MONTHLY.COM | DEC 2019 14 26 Inside This Issue Contents World Report Special Features 14. International News 16. Lawyer Moves 26. 100 Years Since the First Female Lawyer: How Far Has the Sector Come? By Sally Harrison, St John’s Buildings 28. 100 Years of Women in Law: The Challenges that Remain By Nikki Alderson, Specialist Corporate and Executive Coach 32. The Women Who Broke Barriers… 38. Moving On Up: A Lawyers’ Guide to Mortgages By Sarah Deacon, Wesleyan 40. Should You Be Able to Patent Genes? By Rosie McDowell, EIP 44. Trademark Registration Cost in Brazil By Bandita Panda, Quantify IP 10 40 Should You Be Able to Patent Genes? Change for the Better or Worse? 2019 Legal Change Summary By Jaya Harrar