Denise Nurse
Founder and Former CEO, Halebury
My Profile
I am passionate about: Change in the legal services industry – whether that be pioneering new methods of working, championing diversity and mentoring future lawyers.
Wikipedia
Additional Roles
Board Member for One Dance UK
Awards and Recognition
| SME Law Firm Diversity and Inclusion Initiative of the Year Winner | Diversity Legal Awards | 2019 |
| Top 5 in Law | We Are the City | 2017 |
| Finalist for “Favourite Female TV Star” | Screen Nation | 2015 |
Videos
| Keynote Address – FT Innovative Lawyer 2019 | Innovative Lawyers Diversity Conference | 10/2019 |
| Nur Zorlu, Christina Blacklaws & Denise Nurse: IWD | Crafty Counsel | 03/2019 |
| BAME Diversity in Law – Denise Nurse, Lara Oyesanya, Chinwe Odimba-Chapman, Chenaara Edghill-Peart | Crafty Counsel | 02/2019 |
| Co-creating a new look for law | Legal Geek | 11/2018 |
| The Lawyer of the Week- Episode 37 |
Lawyer of the Week | 04/2018 |
| Women with Ambition – Part 1: Does flexible working stifle innovation? |
Ambition | 10/2013 |
| Women with Ambition – Part 2: Does flexibility help retain top talent? |
Ambition | 10/2013 |
| Women with Ambition – Part 3: Does seniority increase your ability to work with flexibility? |
Ambition | 10/2013 |
| Inspiring Entrepreneurs – Part 1: From Brainwave to Business |
British Library | 11/2009 |
| Inspiring Entrepreneurs – Part 2: From Brainwave to Business |
British Library | 11/2009 |
Articles
| Seven ways to cope with rapid business growth | Real Business | 10/2015 |
| Five tips to manage your employees’ maternity leave effectively | Real Business | 10/2015 |
In the News - Denise Nurse
| You get noticed – being a BAME female lawyer | Legal Future | 06/2020 |
| Flexible Lawyering: An Interview with Denise Nurse – Elevate | Elevate Services | 10/2019 |
| My career story: “I quit my dream job in law to be a weathergirl” | The Lawyer | 09/2016 |
| Good counsel. Work out how to make your general counsel happy – and keep her that way | University of Cambridge | 04/2016 |
| Work Life Quiz: Denise Nurse, Halebury | The Lawyer | 09/2012 |
| Sky is not the limit for this lawyer | More to Law | 07/2007 |
| This is lawyer Denise Nurse – has more than 200 clients, yet has never set foot inside a solicitor’s office | Tim Bouquet |
In the News - Halebury
| US consultancy snaps up in-house adviser Halebury | Law Gazette | 01/2019 |
| Elevate’s Halebury acquisition: John Croft and Denise Nurse discuss customers, competition and how two + two = five |
Legal Technology | 01/2019 |
| Elevate Buys Halebury Lawyers on Demand Service, Plus Interview With Denise Nurse |
Artificial Lawyer | 01/2019 |
| US legal business Elevate acquires UK new law company Halebury as it targets London float |
City AM | 01/2019 |
| Make agile working work | Law Gazette | 05/2017 |
| Colourful Radio – Denise Nurse and Janvi Patel |
Colourful Radio | 01/2017 |