In Legal Week: A Tribute to Frances Murphy

15th July 2016

Legal Week wrote an article on our film of Frances Murphy, recording her stories and experiences of life as a city lawyer at Slaughter & May. Find a link to it below.

Legal Week Article

To see the video we filmed follow the link below:

Frances Murphy

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