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NewsLydia Srebernjak memorial service
Solictor who qualified at the age of 45 died unexpectedly last December.
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NewsTribute: Solicitor and SDT deputy clerk Anne-Marie Roberts
Anne-Marie Roberts, known for her professionalism, courtesy, and kindness, died last year.
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NewsLegal sector marks International Women's Day
Law Society issues clarion call over retention and promotion while International Bar Association unveils directives to break the glass ceiling.
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NewsWhite middle-class men still the most confident about getting into law
New survey finds that women in particular do not believe anyone can become a solicitor.
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NewsCatwalk looks to the courtroom
Designer Yuhan Wang’s new collection was inspired by 'women in law'.
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NewsCourt accessibility map inspired by aspiring barrister's 'unfortunate experiences'
Bringing [Dis]Ability to the Bar has launched a survey to help collate data on the court estate’s accessibility.
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NewsSolicitor Crotty named as Judicial Office chief
Former criminal practitioner will move from the Serious Fraud Office to begin her new role in April.
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NewsDLA Piper joins 'returner' scheme to get women back into law
More than a dozen law firms now signed up to scheme returning people to private practice.
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NewsAfghanistan: Law Society 'gravely concerned' over plight of lawyers
'The judiciary has been dismantled, as the state only appoints Taliban members as judges. The Taliban likewise has complete control of who may be licensed as a lawyer.'
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NewsNews focus: First lady chief justice faces the media
Learning from other jurisdictions was a key theme of the lady chief justice’s first annual press conference. Open justice, diversity and broadcasting court proceedings also cropped up.
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NewsThe mother of all pay rises
Gazette columnist Mother in Law helps a reader get the salary they deserve.
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NewsGordons LLP pays tribute to ‘unfailingly positive’ partner
Bryony Goldspink, a solicitor for 13 years, died just before Christmas.
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NewsFirm hire: Divorce solicitor joins Affordable Justice team
Firm that offers affordable family law legal services to women throughout the UK welcomes Samantha Harrison.
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NewsOkoro on list of solicitor honours
Former general counsel at World Bank receives OBE for services to diversity in international finance.
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NewsWomen make up 37% of law firm partners, new SRA figures show
Slow improvement in racial and gender diversity continues, according to statistics from the SRA’s biennial collection of diversity data.
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NewsTwo solicitors among lady chief justice’s first High Court list
Five of the 11 judicial appointments went to women.
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NewsSisters see success after taking on their late mother’s firm
Andrea and Charlotte Fogg said there was no question of letting Liverpool firm close down.
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NewsMemory lane
'Failure to embrace' flexible work, a cull on crime firms and dealing with shoplifters: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsNew Supreme Court justice sworn in
Dame Ingrid Simler took her oaths and was given her robes in the short ceremony at the Supreme Court.