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Proficiency race: Accelerate junior lawyer effectiveness on a budget

Stephanie Abbott considers how to ?speed up junior lawyer development ?under continued cost pressure

Tomorrow's talent: Win the loyalty of millennial lawyers to your firm

Paula McMullan discusses how to nurture junior talent that buy into and contribute to your law firm's future

Trial by one's peers?

Magistrates are miles apart from the people they try, so why lament their decline, wonders Felix

In name and in fact: measuring the extent of partners' responsibilities

At a time when regulators and insurers are hardening their stance, prospective partners need to understand what they are letting themselves in for, says Susanna...

Investing in training models for tomorrow

We must start taking responsibility for nurturing the next generation of talent, says Kathryn Taylor

Scoping the risk of cloud computing

A report last November by the Solicitors Regulation Authority specifically addressing compliance issues in relation to cloud computing is evidence of how significant this technology...

What happened to the safeguarding power of entry?

The government has decided not to create a new power of entry to protect adults who are at risk of abuse or neglect. Its reasons...

Safeguarding clients: professional bodies take the will-writing initiative

Quality marks are probably necessary and do have value but only if members of the public know about them. Jennifer Palmer-Violet reports