People

Meet the people behind the Centre for Legal Leadership

We’re a diverse bunch at CLL. Most of us are in-house lawyers, however many others are specialists in fields such as mental health, diversity and inclusion, recruitment, project management… even Bitcoin. All of the people profiled below have contributed to articles that appear within the CLL website.

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Heidi K. Gardner, PhD

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Heidi K. Gardner, PhD, is a Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Center on the Legal Profession and Faculty Chair of the school’s Accelerated Leadership Program.

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Howard Smith

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Howard Smith is a copywriter with over 17 years’ experience across the private, public and third sectors.

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James Kaufmann

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Currently a Partner at Howard Kennedy.

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Janice More

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Janice is a General Counsel with strong international experience.

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Janvi Patel

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Janvi Patel is a NewLaw pioneer and has been spearheading operational, structural and cultural change within the legal services industry since starting Halebury in 2007.

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Jeremy Drew

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Jeremy Drew is Head of RPC's Commercial Group.

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Jérôme Torres Lozano

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Jérôme has over 15 years’ experience in e-Disclosure and Computer Forensics.

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Jo Summers

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Jo is an experienced global relationship director who works across the full range of Acritas’ research areas and has specialist expertise in the development and delivery of client feedback programmes.

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Joanna Holford

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Joanna Holford is a Senior Associate at RPC.

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Joe Cresswell

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Joe advises on a broad range of commercial and financial disputes, often with international elements.