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Bare essentials: why students should get involved in pro bono

Pro bono work places volunteers in front of real clients and allows them to develop practical legal skills — and it should form a vital part of law students' education, says Emma Goodwin

The problem with choice

Important decisions such as whether to promote a junior assistant or to leave one firm for another, are made on a rational basis, aren't they? Not as much as you would think, says Dr Bob Murray

Tales from practice | Reboot successful

Richard Barr receives a panic report involving some dead beef

CILEx to seek complete independence for regulator

Response to internal governance rules' consultation in tune with Legal Services Board strategy to secure full independence for regulators

Costs ABS enters administration

Manchester-based Just Costs Solicitors has gone into administration, according to reports today.

Responding to the phasing out of critical practice-management software

With established legal software products reaching their end-of-life point, hundreds of law firms suddenly face an unprecedented challenge forcing them to “frame the stakes of change”, warns Glyn Morris

Legal services buyers facing 'web of inconsistencies'

Consumer champion urges LSB to press regulators for full compliance with disciplinary record requirements

Collision course: Future-proofing your personal injury business

The latest set of law reforms about to hit the personal injury market will be particularly hard on the low-value RTA sector. Rachel Rothwell considers what firms should be doing to prepare