Commentary and opinion – Page 123
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OpinionThe other side of GREAT
Who suffers if we continue to lead globally on dispute resolution post-Brexit?
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OpinionWhat’s my best route to qualify?
I’m unsure whether to do the LPC this year. I have no training contract in place but I do work in a mid-size regional solicitors firm as a legal secretary. Should I wait and do the SQE when it is introduced in 2020, although I’ve heard there may be delays ...
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OpinionEmbrace neurodiversity
Legal employers that foster a more neurodiverse workforce will reap real benefits.
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OpinionWant to get a round? Join the club
The Law Society Golf Club welcomes new faces for a busy fixture list - and social life.
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OpinionInternational concern over Turkey
An open letter from five associations of lawyers to the President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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OpinionDeepcut: a cry for change
Rhicha Kapila addresses the abuse and reporting culture at Deepcut barracks.
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OpinionOur problems reflected in the US
We are not alone in the UK in the difficulties we face as lawyers. Many countries are going through similar travails.
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OpinionWe can forgive a nurse serious mistakes. How about solicitors?
One regulator is prepared to look at ability to practise, rather than mistakes. It’s food for thought for the conflicted SRA.
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OpinionCan election law cope with the era of mass data?
Personal data may have been used on an industrial scale in recent elections - a challenge that has left electoral law trailing.
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OpinionGender pay gap: partners over the parapet
Law firms are starting to emulate accountancy giants, with predictable results.
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OpinionA Warrant to improve the rule of law
How the European arrest warrant has raised standards - and the implications of an explosive Irish court case.
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No cause for AI alarmism
Unfounded fears over homicidal robots must not be allowed to stifle innovation.
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OpinionOasis in a desert
The law centre network today welcomes a new constituent, in Suffolk, which aims to irrigate a legal aid desert.
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OpinionLaw’s culture wars
State of the union: National bars diverge markedly on conduct issues – how can the gap be bridged?
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OpinionWhy there’s nothing wrong in gold-plating trust in solicitors
Consumers should not be driven away by expensive rules, but don’t underestimate the lure of reassurance.
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OpinionShould Latham chief have stood down over sex messages?
Reflections on Latham and Watkins’s removal of their global chair for 'communications of a sexual nature'.
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OpinionBrexit: a justice treaty and red lines
The English Bar has come up with an interesting Brexit idea - a separate UK-EU treaty on justice issues.
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