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FeatureSea changes
For all her tough talk of ‘turning back the boats’, are many of home secretary Priti Patel’s asylum reforms simply an exercise in political posturing? There are no easy answers, reports Melanie Newman.
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FeatureHow to: Change career direction
As a profession, law has become ever more specialist. But what if you made a wrong choice? Jonathan Rayner asks for tips on changing the focus of your career
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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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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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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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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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FeatureTechnology: a community reunited
The return of Legal Geek as an in-person event gave the industry a chance to see how far lawtech has evolved during the pandemic.
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FeatureLaw Society Spotlight: AGM/Council meeting
CEO Paul Tennant writes on developments at last week’s Law Society AGM and October’s meeting of the Council.
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FeatureLaw Society spotlight: Fire and pestilence at Chancery Lane
Paul Tennant talks to Paul Rogerson about his exceptionally eventful spell as chief executive of the Law Society.
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FeatureDuty bound
This year marks 20 years of the race equality duty, introduced in the wake of the Macpherson report’s damning indictment of ‘institutional racism’ in the police. We assess the duty’s impact and enduring legacy.