Features
The 'Bar firm' (commercial feature)
The future of the Bar will be determined by many factors including its willingness to adapt to the changing marketplace, writes <em>Nigel Wallis </em>
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Coram Chambers: rising to the occasion (commercial feature)
<div><p>Thanks to its rapid adaptation to the digital landscape, Coram Chambers is able to service more work than ever before, while holding firm to its core values of access to justice and diversity, and supporting the wellbeing of its members and staff throughout the pandemic. </p></div>
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Take a successful break
<em>Lucy Barbet </em>'s tips on how to plan, communicate and execute a career break, and get your practice up and running again quickly
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Language bias at the Bar
A rose by any other name? Language matters not only when giving references but in all aspects of our work as lawyers, writes <em>Rachel Barrett </em>: recognising unconscious bias and the importance of gender-fair word choices
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Fair’s fair: next 100 years
The Bar Council’s plans to accelerate progress (or at least shift away from reverse) in diversity and fair work distribution across the Bar. By <em>Sam Mercer </em>
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Opinion: Judges' MRA - sitting to 75 or beyond
Retaining experience or stifling diversity and preserving inequality? An analysis of the BAME impact of the consultation - have your say before it closes on 16 October 2020
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The Attorney General: Suella Braverman QC MP
In an interview that took place before publication of the seismic Internal Market Bill, the Attorney General discusses her path to politics via the Bar and balancing the independent functions of her role with policy objectives. Interview by <em>Anthony Inglese </em>
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21 years of the Bar Council’s Brussels Office
A personal reflection by Evanna Fruithof, the Bar’s eyes, ears and mouthpiece in Brussels
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Bar to Bench: moving on up
Unvarnished advice from four recent and atypical judicial appointees: new faces HHJ Madeleine Reardon, HHJ Fayyaz Afzal OBE, Tribunal Judge Michelle Brewer and Mrs Justice Eady talk to <em>Rehna Azim </em> about why they took the plunge, retention and diversity challenges at Bar and Bench, and what they thought of the application experience
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Opinion: The algorithm of injustice
<p>Beyond the intrusiveness of automated facial recognition is concern about ‘false positives’ and potential for racial bias in the technology </p><p><strong style="background-color:transparent;color:inherit;font-size:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;">By Sailesh Mehta and Shahid Khan</strong> </p>
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