RollOnFriday (also known as ROF) is a British

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designed and used in the legal profession, for law students to qualified solicitors and barristers including Kings's Counsel. Its readership includes

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s and outside audiences.

History and content

The site was established in 2000 by Matthew Rhodes and Piers Warburton. The two met while solicitors at the London law firm Ashurst (where Warburton still works as a partner). Warburton said at the time that the site was intended to be 'young, irreverent and a bit cheeky'. From launch, the site provided weekly news stories, detailed information on individual law firms - including the salaries they pay - and weekly features such as 'glamorous solicitor' showcasing some of the more interesting looking of the world's lawyers. In 2001, the website launched the

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and more recently has developed a jobs database and other recruitment facilities. Over the years, the site has grown in popularity and is now an established part of the legal market. Over 50 of the UK's leading law firms use it as a means of

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and make use of its graduate and lateral recruitment databases: Fast Track and Make Me An Offer. The website had a major revamp at the end of May 2009 and another in 2018.

Mentions from outside

On occasion, stories are broken on the website, legal and otherwise, which are taken up in national newspapers. The following is a list of some outside mentions. ;National newspapers :;''The Times'' ::http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,200-2177760.html ::http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1750863,00.html ::http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,4003-2189092.html ::http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1750863_1,00.html :;''The

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:;''The Guardian (newspaper), Guardian'' ::http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardian_jobs_and_money/story/0,,1211702,00.html :;''The Daily Telegraph''

;Legal journals :; The Lawyer ::http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=106327&d=11&h=24&f=23 :; The Law Society Gazette ::http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/features/view=feature.law?FEATUREID=241307 ;Universities :Various UK and overseas universities recommend the site to law students for information about UK law firms :;

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:http://www.hull.ac.uk/law/courses/ug/lawyer.html :;Imperial College :http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/scc/law/links.html :;Lancaster University :http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/law/current/resources/careers/index.htm :;the University of Victoria :http://cdo.law.uvic.ca/CareerResearch.html

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External links

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British legal websites British news websites Internet forums Internet properties established in 2000 Legal websites Solicitors