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Become your firm's pro bono pioneer

Brogan Solomon explains how junior lawyers can alleviate their firms' concerns about pro bono work by highlighting the opportunities available and skills they can develop

Decade needed for partnership in the Capital

Africa and Latin America remain untapped by UK Top 20, despite two-thirds of partners based abroad

Will women in law be Trumped?

Lawyers debate whether the rise of right-wing politics and Trumpism will set back women in the profession

Truss to shake up judicial appointments to increase diversity

Deputy High Court judges get new fast-track process as experience and potential are given greater weight

Lawyers need to save £18,000 a year to ensure comfortable retirement

Current saving levels not sufficient to generate £36,000+ per annum

Retaining employees: One size does not fit all

Offering greater flexibility and a clear pathway for progression are just some of the steps firms must take to hang onto a new generation of talented people, advises Jo Kangurs

One quarter of firms not ready for new competence regime

Solicitors welcome ability to focus on relevant learning but only 75 per cent of organisations ready

SQE: The diversity enabler that's coming too late

Will the 'super exam' reinforce the solicitor brand or will the lines between regulated lawyers continue to blur?