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Five tips for studying part-time
Excitement, fear and overstretch come with the prospect of extra study on top of the day job. How to cope?
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Money machine
With cash pouring into third-party funding, law firms are well-placed to enter the market and provide capital at lower rates. But they need to take heed of the risks.
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Missing opportunities
Damage to career prospects is discouraging applications to the judiciary, but the recruitment problem also extends to social class and race.
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Pole positions
Inward investment, booming capital markets and major infrastructure projects are fuelling competition among law firms for Polish instructions.
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An ‘appalling vista’
A newly established group of parliamentarians aims to counter widespread indifference to allegedly wrongful convictions. Lawyers are being urged to support them.
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The science behind consumer bias
Law Society research on the most useful information solicitors can give consumers threw up some interesting results.
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Five views on dressing for the law
For men and women working in law, ‘casual’ dress offers limited change.
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Fiscal ferment
Business is booming for international tax lawyers as multinationals and the ultra-rich look to navigate their way through a fast-changing and increasingly complicated global tax environment.
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The only way is ethics
In the shadow of Silicon Valley’s scandals, tech innovators are faced with developing moral principles to govern their software alongside algorithms that run our lives.
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Trading blows
Political brinkmanship drives decisions on sanctions and puts allies at loggerheads. Eduardo Reyes looks at the advisory and enforcement efforts that trail in the geopolitical wake.
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Scam busters
Specialist fraud lawyers are in high demand as enforcers struggle to contain what is now the UK’s most commonly experienced crime.
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Five easy ways to improve people's wellbeing
Stress, unhappiness, bad health and burnout hurt organisations. Plants, painting and exercise should be encouraged.
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Careers clinics
An innovative learning hub at Coventry University puts students in the driving seat to boost their employability.
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This life under pressure
Many junior lawyers face formidable challenges – from debt and the ‘paralegal trap’ to competition from technology. Junior Lawyers Division members reflect on their experience.
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Space odyssey
Despite Brexit the commercial property market is holding up well. But new regulations could deter investors.
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On the money
With private wealth under cross-border scrutiny, the nervous rich are reaching for lawyers who must also put their own houses in order.
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GDPR: down to the wire
Law Society event hears there is no tick-box route to compliance with the new data protection regime – and 25 May will be the start, not the end of the process.
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Insight: The benefits of private banking
In an increasingly automated world, Alastair Hazell of Hampden & Co describes how private banking can offer the benefits of a more personal service to both legal professionals and their clients.