RollOnFriday

RollOnFriday (also known as ROF) is a British website designed and used in the legal profession, for law students to qualified solicitors and barristers including Kings's Counsel. Its readership includes journalists 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 Discussion Board and more recently has developed a jobs database and other recruitment facilities.

Moderation and moderation policy

Despite statements implied by the sites Terms of Use the Discussion board frequently contains topics and comments of a racist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist, sexist and Islamophobic nature. Some users discuss that whilst they have reported this content as being in breach of the platform's Terms of Use it is rare that any steps are taken to remove it. When reporting on culture war topics the authors/ moderators appear to have a noticeably hostile slant when covering the transgender community and its allies.

Advertisers

Firms currently advertising on the site include:

A&O Shearman, Addleshaw Goddard, Ashurst Perkins Coie, Baker MacKenzie, BCLP, Bird & Bird, Burges Salmon, Clarke Willmott, Cleary Gottlieb, Clifford Chance, Clyde & Co, CMS, Dechert, Dentons, DLA Piper, DWF, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, HFW, Hill Dickinson, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, Kennedys, Kirkland & Ellis, Linklaters, Macfarlanes, Mayer Brown, Mischon de Reya, Morrison Foerster, Osborne Clarke, Paul Weiss, Pinsent Masons, Ropes & Gray, Rosenblatt, RPC, Sackers, Shoosmiths, Slaughter and May, Stevens & Bolton, Sullivan & Cromwell, TLT, Travers Smith, Weill, White & Case, Winkworth Sherwood & Withers.

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

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Legal journals

:;The Lawyer

http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=106327&d=11&h=24&f=23

Universities

Various UK and overseas universities recommend the site to law students for information AbOUT UK law firms

University of Hull

http://www.hull.ac.uk/law/courses/ug/lawyer.html

Imperial College

https://www.union.ic.ac.uk/scc/law/links.html

Lancaster University

https://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/law/current/resources/careers/index.htm

the University of Victoria

http://cdo.law.uvic.ca/CareerResearch.html

External links

• RollOnFriday