All Features articles – Page 12
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FeatureAll at sea
New legislation designed to usher in the government’s hardline stance on asylum remains mired in controversy and bogged down by the courts. Solicitors are in the government’s sights too, reports Eduardo Reyes.
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OpinionSkilling me softly
Technology’s impact on law in the last two decades is endlessly discussed. However there has been a quieter but no less important transformation in the human attributes needed to succeed. Eduardo Reyes reports.
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Feature'Jagged edge of devolution'
The Law Society’s Wales Committee has become the National Board for Wales – another signifier of the accelerating divergence of the nation’s legal services sector.
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FeatureAge-old problems
The ethics surrounding capacity, autonomy, legacy, values and digital assets were front of mind at the annual conference of the Law Society’s Private Client Section.
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FeatureDig the new breed of law firm
Tech innovation is increasingly being driven by moral and even political considerations as ESG grows in importance.
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FeatureTaking both sides
The government has not ruled out expanding the Public Defender Service in response to bar strike action. But with a dearth of information about the organisation’s performance, it is difficult to know what sort of impact an enlarged PDS could have, reports Catherine Baksi.
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FeatureGender gap
Women now outnumber men in the legal profession – but not in the top jobs. Part of the problem is that men continue to define what success looks like, hears Marialuisa Taddia.
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FeatureWomen in leadership: building better
Rachel Adamson and Linda Kirk, co-founders and directors at Adkirk Law, on building a culture that invests in development.
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FeatureEmergency room
Medical negligence cases benefited from pragmatic collaboration by all involved during the pandemic. Politicians intent on reforming the handling of disputes which arise from clinical failings should take note. Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette roundtable
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FeatureFalling behind
In our second feature on poverty and the law, Marialuisa Taddia reports on the frontline solicitors helping the vulnerable navigate a bewildering and woefully inadequate benefits system.
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FeatureOur legal sector needs some TLC
It has been a busy three months since leaving my role at Latham & Watkins to set up my coaching business.
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FeatureGolden gateway?
Soaring salaries for the City’s newly qualified solicitors mask the potholed and expensive road to qualification for many. And associate attrition rates are rising.
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FeatureWorking it out
Aspiring lawyers with disabilities see few role models. Catherine Baksi asks, can the legal profession change that?
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FeatureThe wartime CEO
A Ukrainian legal tech startup has continued operations since the country was invaded by Russia. Its chief executive, who was in Kyiv when war broke out, explains how her company is busier than ever and why contributing to the economy helps the war effort
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FeatureContinental drifters
Covid restrictions on work and travel deferred the full impact of Brexit on the ability of UK lawyers to advise and act in the EU. As the profession returns to normal, Marialuisa Taddia delivers a progress report on what practitioners have lost – and might still regain
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FeatureIf you were there
As the cost-of-living crisis worsens, can lawyers and the legal system do anything to ensure a just outcome for society’s most disadvantaged people? Many are helped, Eduardo Reyes finds, yet the scale of the problem is daunting.