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Standing out: how to make your mark as a virtual lawyer

After ten years as a solicitor in a real-life office, Mike Scutt has stepped into the virtual world. With his head in the Cloud and feet on the ground, he talks about the challenges of working remotely and offering a service that clients want to buy

Bureaucracy and reduced provider numbers are threatening legal help take-up

The most worrying aspect of the low take-up of legal help is that it could justify scrapping, says Steve Hynes

Felix | Back to basics

It is a jury that decides whether a defendant is guilty or innocent, not politicians or journalists, says Felix

Update | Education: international students and cultural differences

International students dealing with cultural differences are suffering both academically and emotionally in our university system, says Salima Mawji

Ties that bind: Merger integration at global law firms

Ben Rigby goes behind the scenes at two new international law firms to learn how they have tackled merger integration

Editor's letter: Becoming more than the sum of your parts

Manju Manglani considers how managing partners can help their partners to capitalise on the benefits of a merger

Edmonds challenges profession to throw away its regulatory rule books

Legal Services Board chair discusses his master plan for a single legal regulator, the failings of a rule-based approach and his ideas for a Royal College of Advocacy

Spotlight | Sandra Brown

Bridging the gap: moving firms after nearly 30 years is a big step but it was an obvious decision for Sandra Brown, she tells Jennifer Palmer-Violet