Latest roundtables – Page 2
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FeatureBecoming equal to the task
The legal profession’s uneven progress on racial diversity is enduring and well documented, so what needs to change? Eduardo Reyes reports from the Gazette’s latest roundtable.
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FeatureHome ground
For residential conveyancers, commoditisation and unrealistic demands on their time amid a staffing crisis are high on a list of challenges. But, as Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette roundtable, there are signs that the downward pressure on fees is easing.
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FeatureYou can’t take it with you
Covid-19 focused the minds of the wealthy on their legacies – on life, death and what exactly it is they want to leave behind. This is making for novel discussions with their lawyers, Eduardo Reyes discovers.
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FeatureKnowing me, knowing you
Lawyers must negotiate a complex set of obligations when acting for clients, maintaining focus on money laundering, sanctions and ‘beneficial ownership’. Eduardo Reyes reports.
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FeatureCulture club
Hybrid working arrangements bring challenges and opportunities for the culture of the legal workplace. Joanna Goodman reports from the latest Gazette roundtable discussion.
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FeatureLeveraging information
In-house counsel need cost-effective solutions to extract and use data. Maria Shahid reports from the Gazette's latest roundtable discussion. (Sponsored by OpenText.)
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FeatureFight club
From coping with the explosion of data to the challenge of keeping disputes in the UK post-Brexit, commercial litigators have a full in-tray. Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette roundtable discussion.
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FeatureCovering the bases
In year two of a teak-hard market for professional indemnity insurance, premiums continue to rise amid concerns about capacity. But are we over the worst? Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette roundtable discussion.
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FeatureLocked down – but not out
From worries about wellbeing and wifi to concern at missed learning opportunities, junior lawyers were hit hard by lockdown restrictions. But there were also clear benefits for many – can they be maintained in the move to hybrid working? Eduardo Reyes reports
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FeatureLooking after number one
Dedicated solicitors remain as client-focused as ever, but the life changes wrought by the pandemic have altered the face of client service for good. Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette roundtable discussion, sponsored by ActionStep.
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FeatureView from the engine room
The Gazette’s latest roundtable discussion, sponsored by Conduent, focused on the role of business professionals and technology in powering profitability and growth in large law firms.
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FeatureKeeping it clean - Risk and compliance
Remote working in the legal sector became ubiquitous overnight. But what have firms done since to control and manage the changing nature of risk, and ensure that they remain compliant?
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FeatureHard times - PII roundtable
Covid-19 has helped to deliver the hardest market for solicitors’ indemnity insurance since demutualisation more than 20 years ago. Eduardo Reyes reports from the Gazette’s latest roundtable
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FeatureRoundtable: From high street to cloud
Some small law firms are at risk as the pandemic continues to bite. But others are planning for a bright future, using lessons they have learned in lockdown.
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FeatureLockdown: Protect and survive
When Covid-19 is brought under control, what will the business of law have learned about ways of working and the profession’s resilience? Eduardo Reyes reports from the Gazette’s latest roundtable discussion.
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Feature‘Joint V’ Roundtable: Famous Five
There is no rule book on how law societies should deal with a pandemic. So when members looked to the profession’s local leaders for support, how did they respond?
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OpinionLaw Society’s international work in Africa
Insight from roundtable will help us broaden market access and remove some of the barriers to operating on the continent.
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FeatureTaking the controls
In-house counsel are wary of a ‘golden age’ for private practice which can mean partner profits taking priority over client needs. Eduardo Reyes reports from the Gazette’s latest roundtable
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FeatureExe marks the spot
Exeter is so much more than the south-west’s second legal centre, hears Eduardo Reyes at the Gazette’s latest roundtable. As well as offering an enviable lifestyle, the city boasts a fiercely competitive market which is a draw for junior lawyers seeking to make their mark
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FeatureGlobal targets
Cast as ‘vagabonds’ in many countries, blackmailed by police and turned down for asylum, transgender people are badly let down by the law. What can be done? Eduardo Reyes reports.