The Lawyer is a legal business information product for law firm leaders, commercial lawyers, barristers and in-house counsel. It is based in London.

History and profile

The Lawyer was launched in 1987 by Centaur Media plc. It published a once-weekly magazine for 30 years until May 2017, when the frequency changed to monthly. The Lawyer has a spin-off online brand for students and aspiring lawyers called Lawyer 2B. As well as the legal news and analysis website TheLawyer.com, The Lawyer information products include Signal and Litigation Tracker. Litigation Tracker was launched in 2019 and publishes litigation news and analysis, and maintains a searchable database of case and claims data from 15 UK high courts. Most content on the news website TheLawyer.com is paywalled, requiring a personal or corporate subscription to access.

Editors

Lindsay Greig was the editor from when it was founded in 1987 to 1991.