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Educators can help students be aware of routes into the legal profession
Targeting those still making A-level decisions gives opportunity to discuss routes such as apprenticeships.
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Will the army now be called out for legal sector shortages?
Access to legal services is the Cinderella of our national scene: abandoned in the scullery.
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Pro bono centre would work alongside the system, not replace it
Pro bono work cannot replace the broken legal aid system, because the two are inextricably linked.
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Standing on the shoulders of pioneers
In Her Words: Women lawyers from around the world share their hopes for the future | Edited by D. Denis-Smith and A. Van De Casteele
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Show us the money
Is Labour shadow justice secretary David Lammy to the right of Michael Gove?
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Dominic Raab and the ‘democratic deficit’
Should we give our judges new powers to strike down laws that violate fundamental liberties?
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A better primer on technology than philosophy
Technology and Governance: Making Technology Work for Society | Casper Jaspers
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Trials and tribulations of a young barrister
Nemone: a young woman barrister’s battle against prejudice, class and misogyny | Nemone Lethbridge
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Sage advice from the bench on basic legal questions
The Return of Breaking Law: A Judge’s Inside Guide to Your Legal Rights & Winning in Court or Losing Well | Stephen Gold
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‘You can only work a seven-day week for so long’
Following the tsunami of instructions post-lockdown, many conveyancers hope today marks a new chapter in their professional lives.
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'Proud to be'
Law Society president I. Stephanie Boyce marks the start of Black History Month by sharing her journey into the profession.
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Dis-abled?: language as a great leveller
The term 'disability' defines people as what they’re not, or what they cannot do, rather than what they are or can do.
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SIF: SRA consultation, closure and the future of post six-year run-off cover
We are in no doubt about the hardship our members and former members will face if a good solution is not found, writes the Law Society president.
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Labour’s pro bono plan suggests they won’t fund the justice system either
The party wants to use law firm-branded umbrellas to cover the leak, but avoids fixing the roof.
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What did your parents do?
If your parent had a professional job, you are still more likely to get in and get on in the professions than if you are from a working-class background.
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International tax probed
Taxing Profit in a Global Economy | Michael P. Devereux, Alan J. Auerbach, Michael Keen, Paul Oosterhuis, Wolfgang Schön, John Vella
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How Strasbourg protects lawyers’ rights
There has been public speculation that one of the reasons why Dominic Raab accepted becoming lord chancellor was to enable him to have another go at abolishing the 1998 Human Rights Act.
