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    What the SQE means for law firms

    9 March 2020

    The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) intends to introduce the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) in the autumn of 2021.

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    Seeing ‘Person A’

    2 March 2020

    A record number of sexual harassment and assault cases came before the SDT in 2019, with more promised in 2020. Is this tribunal the proper forum for these cases and how is it coping in what is unfamiliar territory? Eduardo Reyes reports 

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    Law Society spotlight: February’s Council meeting

    24 February 2020

    A report from this month’s Law Society Council meeting.

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    Ruling elite

    17 February 2020

    The bench still looks nothing like the society from which it is drawn, reports Melanie Newman. Do we need targets and quotas, or are some barriers to judicial diversity self-imposed?

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    Crash landing

    10 February 2020

    The Senior Managers and Certification Regime focused City minds on individual accountability, writes Marialuisa Taddia. But does one fine in four years suggest failure or - paradoxically - that the regime is working?

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    Intelligence by design

    10 February 2020

    Understanding the value of recentring and a thoughtful approach to innovation will help law firms to make the most of emerging technologies

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    How to rescue criminal defence

    10 February 2020

    It is fair to say that most transactional lawyers are unlikely to have experienced the workings of legal aid, whether in a criminal context or otherwise.

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    Forum shopping

    3 February 2020

    Arbitration centres are intensifying cross-border competition for ‘footloose’ disputes, reports Marialuisa Taddia. So which jurisdictions are getting ahead in the race?

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    What Fiona did next

    2020-01-31T10:17:00Z

    The letters page of the Gazette included an eye-catching exchange of views in 1982. 

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    We can work it out

    27 January 2020

    Policymakers love the concept of mediation – a reasonable, cost-effective and grown-up process to keep people out of court. So why is take-up of family mediation not higher? 

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    How to ‘talk’ to a depressed colleague

    27 January 2020

    Mental ill-health.

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    Interview tips: Landing that job in the law

    27 January 2020

    Very few people enjoy job interviews, but there are ways to make the experience less of an ordeal. 

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    Building a career in the law

    27 January 2020

    The profession attracts people from all backgrounds and walks of life, with no two lawyers’ days looking the same.

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    Ensure you are always in demand

    27 January 2020

    This is the time of year when we are bombarded with advice on ‘achieving our goals’ and ‘reaching our full potential’. The legal profession has always provided a well-trodden career path from trainee to associate, then partner. But it also offers an extraordinary breadth of opportunities – from arranging global ...

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    Hedging bets

    20 January 2020

    A novel ‘redress scheme’ for businesses mis-sold complex financial products dealt with 16,000 claims. Did it fall short? Eduardo Reyes reports.

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    Protecting your funds from cybercriminals

    13 January 2020

    How to handle everyday IT challenges in your legal business

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    Picking up the traces

    13 January 2020

    As law enforcers fight a multi-faceted battle against fraud, Grania Langdon-Down looks at the revolutionary challenges posed by cryptoassets to solicitors on the frontline.

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    How to: Tackle succession planning

    13 January 2020

    Contemplating your own professional mortality can be uncomfortable, hears Marialuisa Taddia. But the rise of the ‘zombie’ law firm shows it is never too early to start thinking about what comes next.

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    Law Society art exhibition turns 60

    2020-01-07T12:05:00Z

    Lawyer members of the group share what art means to them ahead of this month's show. 

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    Law Society spotlight: December’s Council meeting

    2019-12-10T11:09:00Z

    A report from this month’s Law Society Council meeting.