Features – Page 24
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FeatureThe other 1919 act
While the Sex Discrimination (Removal) Act 1919 has garnered the most attention in recent years, it was the Industrial Courts Act 1919 at the cutting edge of judicial diversity.
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FeatureWomen solicitors association is 30
Association of Women Solicitors, London is an independent organisation providing a voice for women lawyers in all walks of legal life.
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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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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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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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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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FeatureData page – June 2022
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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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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FeatureData page – May 2022
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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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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FeatureWorking it out
Aspiring lawyers with disabilities see few role models. Catherine Baksi asks, can the legal profession change that?
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FeatureResigning – focus on ‘how’, not just ‘when’
The second in a series of articles on the everyday challenges facing managing partners.
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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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