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How the Law Society Charity helps firms to help others
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The charity uses funds to support organisations working to promote human rights, increase access to justice and to improve legal education in the public domain.
Ensuring the regulator is properly regulated
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The SRA is in danger of losing the trust and confidence of the entire profession. How can proper regulation take place in such circumstances?
Best of the blogs - 17 Nov 2024
2024-11-17T16:24:00+00:00
Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
Assisted dying bill: there is much in the debate that frustrates
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Bill introduced by Kim Leadbeater MP stands the strongest chance yet of effecting a change in the law.
A safe way to die?
By Eduardo Reyes
'Capacity' concerns over assisted dying bill
By Eduardo Reyes
What retired judges do really matters
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Lord Dyson draws the line at a return to advocacy. But he says there is nothing improper about former judges giving legal advice.
Bulldog spirit
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Does the storied demise of Axiom Ince sound the death knell for the client account?
Trump, ESG and lawyers
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A first take on how a Trump presidency may affect lawyers’ work, including here in the UK.
Why are pro bono work and the LGBTQ+ communities still needed today?
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Pro Bono week reminded me that pro bono legal work can be a life saver and a sanity saver. This is especially true if you are a member of the LGBTQ+ communities.
PACCAR parked as CJC mulls lit funding
8 November 2024By Rachel Rothwell
Last week, the wheels began turning in earnest in the Civil Justice Council’s litigation funding review.
Best of the blogs - 10 Nov 2024
2024-11-10T07:22:00+00:00
Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
Mother in Law: Please don’t label us
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Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
The power of pro bono
2024-11-07T10:40:00+00:00By Solicitor general Sarah Sackman KC
Pro bono work taught me how to advocate, how to give my clients a voice and how to seek redress. It taught me how to be a lawyer.
More support needed for men in the criminal justice system
2024-11-07T09:17:00+00:00By Law Society president Richard Atkinson
Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month aims to reduce the stigma around asking for help.
A regulator in denial
2024-11-06T16:33:00+00:00By Paul Rogerson
The SRA provided a bellicose response to last week’s lacerating Axiom Ince report.
In depth: Axiom Ince report makes grim reading for defiant SRA
By Paul Rogerson and Michael Cross
Waiting game
SRA wants profession to move on from Axiom Ince - but won’t apologise
2024-11-06T10:38:00+00:00By John Hyde
The regulator chair’s argument that issues are 'history' will infuriate those waiting for answers.
SRA chair says Axiom Ince issues are 'history for us'
By John Hyde in Birmingham
Doing the right thing
2024-11-05T11:10:00+00:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
What happens if a regulator which has been publicly exposed does not respond in the way in which it expects those whom it regulates to behave?
Are solicitors blinded by an ‘ideology of zeal’?
2024-11-04T10:29:00+00:00By Joshua Rozenberg
Two leading academics specialising in professional ethics have raised the question.
Best of the blogs - 3 Nov 2024
2024-11-03T15:36:00+00:00
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Deploying mediation skills outside law
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With many lawyers also trained mediators, how many are aware of the varied arenas outside the legal process where those skills can be deployed?
Story of the stats
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PwC’s latest top-100 survey is well worth a few minutes of your time.
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