Practice Management: Education & Training
Generation gap
The LPC equips young lawyers for the commercial world but leaves them without fully developed family law skills, says Marilyn Stowe as she despairs of her
Singled out
The detention of children should always be the last resort – the courts should not treat young protestors differently, argues Sophi
Public Guardian in second attempt to recruit non-lawyer deputies
The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) is making a second attempt to replace solicitors as deputies with cheaper lay representatives fro
Natural selection
Aptitude tests for law school applicants could be the objective filter that gives all would-be lawyers equal access to legal education regardless of backgr
Guiding light
The new sentencing guidelines are designed to ensure consistency and transparency, and give equal weight to both harm and culpability, argues Rosalind Camp
Update: licensing
Roy Light reviews the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill, appeals in the magistrates’ courts, and the latest books licensing practitioners should
Something for nothing
It's all very shiny and new, yes, but what does this National Pro Bono Centre actually do, asks Russell Conwa
Update: health and safety
We need education on the Health and Safety Regulations not reform of the law, argues Zahr
Peter Coonan loses conviction review
Peter Coonan has lost his appeal against the 1981 ruling that sentenced him to life imprisonment for the murders of 1
