All Features articles – Page 15

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    Role modelling

    9 November 2020

    Lockdown, which turned the legal recruitment market on its head earlier this year, is back. Yet recruiters are optimistic, reports Maria Shahid.

  • Croydon Town Hall
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    Talk of the town hall

    9 November 2020

    As cash-strapped councils descend into crisis, tough questions are being asked about law and governance.

  • Paul Tennant
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    Law Society business plan 2020/21

    9 November 2020

    2020 has been an extraordinary year for the legal profession, the country, and for the Law Society, writes Paul Tennant.

  • Christian Bittar
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    Room to grow

    2 November 2020

    There is high praise for the City’s own tribunal. Should it have a bigger remit? Marialuisa Taddia reports.

  • Old new tech
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    Stick or twist?

    26 October 2020

    Law firms will struggle to stay in business without modern tech capability and interactive client resources. But too many are running on ancient systems.

  • Piggy bank
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    Cold, hard cash

    26 October 2020

    HMRC’s ‘blended approach’ to tackling tax evasion and money laundering is getting results, reports Melanie Newman. But is it encroaching on people’s rights?

  • Paulette Mastin
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    BSN – 25 years of striving for equality

    26 October 2020

    Networks like the Black Solicitors Network are both a precursor to progress and a way of defending it.

  • Sayo
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    Black men who inspire me in the legal profession

    2020-10-23T09:46:00Z

    I would encourage any black professionals to mentor a younger black person - you could be the first black role model an aspiring student will meet.

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    Shaken foundations

    19 October 2020

    The impact of Covid-19 dominated discussions at the Law Society’s 19th National Property Conference. But amid the uncertainty, the pandemic has helped to speed up much-needed innovation, including electronic signatures. 

  • Global-business-network
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    Anywhere and everywhere

    19 October 2020

    Global legal networks, once viewed as the ‘poor relations’, are coming into their own in the crisis. 

  • Nelsonmandela
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    Putting white supremacy on trial

    12 October 2020

    Nelson Mandela’s courtroom battle.

  • Human Rights2
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    When rights came home

    12 October 2020

    With another lord chancellor gunning for the 20-year-old Human Rights Act, how do lawyers evaluate its legacy? Melanie Newman reports.

  • Gchq
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    Bright sparks

    12 October 2020

    As law firms reinvent their working practices to absorb the impact of Covid-19, their ability to choose and invest wisely in technology has come under greater scrutiny.

  • Rwanda
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    Africa – new opportunities

    12 October 2020

    ‘The best place to look for international growth’.

  • Cartoon illustration of laptop and CV
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    Tools for the job

    5 October 2020

    The stakes are high when recruiting in the middle of a global pandemic. Virtual interviews are the new normal but they come with complications, reports Maria Shahid.

  • Highstreet-new
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    Roundtable: From high street to cloud

    5 October 2020

    Some small law firms are at risk as the pandemic continues to bite. But others are planning for a bright future, using lessons they have learned in lockdown. 

  • Thomas-Morris-Chester
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    Black History Month: Unforgetting the past

    5 October 2020

    Celebrating achievement against the odds.

  • SEND-protest-cover-smaller
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    Press SEND

    28 September 2020

    The Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal is a thorn in the side of local councils. Campaigners and disability charities are determined to keep it that way.

  • Diversity-group
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    Widening the net

    28 September 2020

    Many legal employers are working hard to improve the profession’s record in diversity and inclusion. But as Maria Shahid discovers at a virtual conference, much more needs to be done to overhaul recruitment processes and expand the talent pool.

  • Creative thinking
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    Being creative

    28 September 2020

    Refreshing from the demands of the job.