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Pro Bono 2012 | Starting them young

Nottingham Law School's Legal Advice Clinic provides a service both for students and those in need of advice. Nicholas Johnson reports

Pro Bono 2012 | One hundred days of free employment law advice

 Now in its second year, Paul Daniels shares how the 100 Days Project matches members of the Employment Laywers Association with those in need

Pro Bono 2012 | The beautiful game

Pro bono legal advice is essential for Dartford FC, where Mark Bendlund sits on its board

Family mediation must become the norm

In her latest 'Family business' column, Marilyn Stowe questioned the government's support of mediation and ADR, claiming that it has failed to produce results. Solicitor Peter Jones (below) and mediator Marc Lopatin (right) respond that instead of falling back on old methods, family lawyers must push themselves and their clients towards these alternatives before it's too late

Relationship secrets: How to institutionalise new clients in 100 days

Ben Rigby explores which behaviours in new client engagements can create lasting relationships with your firm

The contradictory cuts to immigration legal aid

By cutting legal aid in immigration cases the government is forcing vulnerable individuals to ?go to court on their own ?to argue complex cases ?when it otherwise only allows authorised legal advisers to do so, says Fiona Bawdon

Predicting the future of legal IT

Technology often helps the legal profession take a leap forward, and predictive coding could be the next step. Damian Blackburn reports

New cost budgeting rules will change the perception of 'reasonableness'

Budgeting requirements coming into force next year will bring about ?much-needed downward pressure on costs, says Simon Gibbs