Features – Page 27
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FeatureHer master's voice
Arriving as students in 1980s Cambridge was ‘daunting’, but now two former solicitors use skills gained in law to lead two of the university’s oldest colleges. Eduardo Reyes talks to Pippa Rogerson and Loretta Minghella
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FeatureLeft hanging
Imprisonment for public protection swiftly became a policy without supporters. Abolished in 2012, why are so many prisoners still caught in its clutches? Catherine Baksi reports
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FeatureLaw at Cambridge – why bother?
Eduardo Reyes hears from the masters of two Cambridge colleges as they make their case.
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FeatureData page – December 2021
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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FeatureThinking positive
Some IP lawyers feared Brexit and Covid-19 would be bad for business. They could hardly have been more wrong.
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FeatureWe can work it out
Commercial mediation is on the rise and being pushed hard to keep cases out of our congested courtrooms.
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FeatureLaw Society spotlight: Diversity Access Scheme
DAS gives hope to aspiring lawyers who have not had the financial and other less-tangible advantages many of us take for granted.
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FeatureProblem solvers
A new generation of lawyers is gaining a foothold in private client, attracted by its focus on the individual. We examine the growing stature of the sector in full-service law firms.
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FeatureValue judgements
Digitisation and a focus on more subjective business goals have made the act of measuring value a moveable feast. Yet there is no doubt that technology can enhance this process.
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FeatureTalking pictures
Are online hearings prone to abuse, or have we just not adapted properly yet? Melanie Newman reports on different family justice experiences.
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FeatureData page – November 2021
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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FeatureComing to harm
Controlling and coercive behaviour was recognised as a discrete criminal offence in 2015, but is enough being done to protect victims?
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FeatureBringing more to the table
Leeds Law Society’s Diversity and Inclusion Conference, in association with the Law Society, provided an opportunity to focus on the continuing need for a more modern, diverse and inclusive legal profession.
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FeatureChallenges for small and medium law firms in the post-pandemic world
From greater client expectations to online legal service providers.
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FeatureNew world order
The easing of Covid restrictions brings fresh challenges to law firm recruitment.
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FeatureGiving everyone a fair attempt at the SQE
Ahead of the first ever Solicitors Qualifying Examination, Julie Brannan discusses accessibility, reasonable adjustments and early applications.
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FeatureEver so mighty
Ministers have become fixated on judicial power and the ability of the courts to frustrate government policy. Will they really take on the rule of law as ‘public enemy number one’? Eduardo Reyes reports.
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FeatureTwo years on from SARs, have you established a firm-wide third party referral process?
Dave Seager, consulting adviser to SIFA Professional, on third party referral. (Sponsored content).