In Pictures

A lawyer who made a virtual law office in Nintendo's hit new Animal Crossing game has won praise from gamers.

Sarah Ward, a senior associate at English law firm Samuel Phillips, has published some 'ground rules' for her daughters during lockdown.

Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) welcomed postgraduate law students from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas to a lunchtime seminar at the firm's offices.

Law students at the Law Society of Ireland have triumphed in the national rounds of the Jessup Competition. The winning team was made up of Shauna Scannell and Samuel Elliott of Matheson, Darren McConnon of EirGrid, Louise O'Callaghan of McCann FitzGerald.

Justice Minister Naomi Long has met campaigners for new legislation on stalking as she prepares to introduce a bill to Stormont.

Comyn Kelleher Tobin LLP (CKT) has presented a cheque for €1,000 to its 2019 charity partner, Pieta House.

Over 110 brave runners took on the challenge of A&L Goodbody's annual Airfinance 5km Run. The firm's aviation and transport finance team organised the event to raise money for Orbis International to support their work on preventing and treating avoidable blindness.

Newly-elected Justice Minister Naomi Long has chaired her first meeting of the Criminal Justice Board (CJB).

Mills Selig welcomed clients and friends to its Belfast offices yesterday to celebrate Burns Night with a traditional evening of fine dining, poetry and a toast to the haggis. The corporate and property law firm treated guests to traditional Scottish music and dram of whisky in honour of the famous

Belfast-based Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors sponsored local man Garrett Curran on his charity fundraising expedition to the South Pole.

McCann FitzGerald has congratulated its newly-qualified solicitors on the beginning of their careers with the firm.

Mallon McCormick Solicitors has raised over £4,500 for NI Chest Heart and Stroke in a pilot run of the charity's will-writing initiative. Solicitors at the Maghera-based firm waived their fees for will writing services during November and instead invited clients to donate to NICHS.

Staff at A&L Goodbody have donated over 134 shoeboxes of goods to a Dublin homelessness charity's Christmas appeal.

Staff at Dublin-based Sherwin O'Riordan Solicitors have benefited from a seminar delivered by leading mediator Helen Kilroy. The firm, which specialises in advising SMEs, recognises the benefit of mediation as an alternative to litigation and has taken part in many mediations to resolve employment l

Volunteers from Arthur Cox have spent two days helping with food hamper packing and gift distribution for charity St Vincent de Paul.