Latest blog – Page 6
-
OpinionSouth Asian Heritage Month: Overcoming (invisible) emotional tax in legal careers
There’s immense pride in our shared heritage and in those South Asians who’ve become lawyers, but there’s also a quieter reality.
-
OpinionRhino hide required
Who’d want to regulate lawyers, the most cussed and querulous constituency in British business life?
-
OpinionA superpower based on speaking English
Promotion of UK English language-learning could help support our services sector.
-
OpinionLeveson looms: curbing trials by jury
Battle lines are already being drawn, with lawyers setting out to defend jury trial and the courts minister insisting that justice delayed is justice denied.
-
-
OpinionIt’s OK for lawyers (and Rachel Reeves) to cry in public
Being seen as strong, independent and capable is a hard act to sustain for years, especially when life throws you painful curveballs.
-
OpinionMansion House: Here we go again!
The lord mayor’s judges’ dinner was held at Mansion House on Wednesday and the Gazette was on the guest list.
-
OpinionSeven priorities for the new SRA chief executive
Axiom Ince, SSB, AML and ending the frosty relationship with solicitors.
-
OpinionParting shot
A degree of friction between regulators is perhaps healthy, but instances of outright hostility appear to be multiplying.
-
OpinionParents deserve freedom to be present in the first year of their child’s life
As the government announces a review of parental leave, Lewis Silkin joint managing partner Jo Farmer explains the far reaching changes her firm has made.
-
OpinionCreative tension: lawyers and digital sovereignty
We are reliant on US companies for our digital infrastructure. The threat of potential withdrawal has led to a scramble towards digital sovereignty.
-
-
-
OpinionWhy apprenticeship levy funding matters
Solicitor apprenticeships as a social mobility tool remain topical following the recent government announcement about funding.
-
OpinionLEI and 21st century justice
Law Society report provides the opportunity to reassess the value of Legal Expenses Insurance.
-
OpinionLearning to walk in integrity
Consequences of moral shortfalls are unfolding in long-running controversies the Gazette continues to cover.
-
OpinionSolicitors' starship reaches the final frontier
According to the government, the legal profession is a frontier industry - up there with aerospace, life sciences and AI.
-
OpinionWhat do judges think of artificial intelligence?
AI carries risks that are all too clear. But judges see opportunities, too.
-
-
Opinion200 years in law: From exclusion to inclusion
As the Law Society celebrates its bicentenary, president Richard Atkinson reflects on its rich history.