All Feature articles – Page 89
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FeatureTaking the controls
In-house counsel are wary of a ‘golden age’ for private practice which can mean partner profits taking priority over client needs. Eduardo Reyes reports from the Gazette’s latest roundtable
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FeatureRuling elite
The bench still looks nothing like the society from which it is drawn, reports Melanie Newman. Do we need targets and quotas, or are some barriers to judicial diversity self-imposed?
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FeatureCrash landing
The Senior Managers and Certification Regime focused City minds on individual accountability, writes Marialuisa Taddia. But does one fine in four years suggest failure or - paradoxically - that the regime is working?
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FeatureHow to rescue criminal defence
It is fair to say that most transactional lawyers are unlikely to have experienced the workings of legal aid, whether in a criminal context or otherwise.
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FeatureIntelligence by design
Understanding the value of recentring and a thoughtful approach to innovation will help law firms to make the most of emerging technologies
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FeatureFeminist, reformer, pioneer and figurehead
Helena Normanton made legal history by becoming the first woman to join an Inn of Court, Middle Temple, on 24 December 1919, the day after the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act was passed. I ‘discovered’ Normanton in 2002 when helping the Women’s Library at London Metropolitan University with an exhibition. Shamefully, ...
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FeatureForum shopping
Arbitration centres are intensifying cross-border competition for ‘footloose’ disputes, reports Marialuisa Taddia. So which jurisdictions are getting ahead in the race?
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FeatureLegal needs: Seeking professional help
Last week saw publication of the biggest ever survey of legal needs in England and Wales, commissioned by the Law Society and umbrella regulator the Legal Services Board.
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FeatureWhat Fiona did next
The letters page of the Gazette included an eye-catching exchange of views in 1982.
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FeatureQuestionable justification for the killing of General Soleimani
Was the U.S. acting lawfully under the international laws governing the use of armed force?
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FeatureSucceeding in the City in the 1970s
When Dorothy Livingstone started as a trainee at Herbert Smith, it was a male-dominated environment. But society was changing.
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FeatureEnsure you are always in demand
This is the time of year when we are bombarded with advice on ‘achieving our goals’ and ‘reaching our full potential’. The legal profession has always provided a well-trodden career path from trainee to associate, then partner. But it also offers an extraordinary breadth of opportunities – from arranging global ...
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FeatureBuilding a career in the law
The profession attracts people from all backgrounds and walks of life, with no two lawyers’ days looking the same.
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FeatureInterview tips: Landing that job in the law
Very few people enjoy job interviews, but there are ways to make the experience less of an ordeal.
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FeatureWe can work it out
Policymakers love the concept of mediation – a reasonable, cost-effective and grown-up process to keep people out of court. So why is take-up of family mediation not higher?