Law in Practice
Youth courts: are we still failing our most vulnerable?
Have the 2013 reforms improved the youth justice experience at all or were they simply good intentions, poorly executed? A walkthrough of the key issues – and ideas for change – by Tori Adams and Kirsty Day
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OPINION Official secrets
<p>Is the film a little misleading on the Official Secrets Act 1989? </p><p>By Jo Morris </p>
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The Bar & anti-racism
<div><p>Time for a change of tone on race equality? Why the Bar should organise <span style="background-color:initial;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;">as part of the anti-racist movement sweeping through the professions. </span> </p><p><span style="background-color:initial;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;"><em>By Sara Ibrahim </em></span> </p></div>
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Brexit: what role for EU law?
<div><p>Is there a deal to be done if the UK <span style="background-color:initial;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;">gives some ground on its substantive obligations, and the EU gives some </span><span style="background-color:initial;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;">ground on how they are enforced?</span> </p><p><span style="background-color:initial;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;"><em>By Raphael Hogarth </em></span> </p></div>
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East West Street, the Bar and the world stage
<p>The significance of individual histories in the development of international law </p><p><em>By Professor Philippe Sands QC </em> </p>
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READ AGAIN: Diversity and inclusion: beyond the tick boxes (Counsel March 2020)
Time to rethink the Bar’s approach to diversity and inclusion? To ensure that difference <em>makes </em> a difference, we must get to the root of the problem and commit to structural change – <em>Zeenat Islam </em> shares her thoughts
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Young victims of trafficking—prosecution or protection?
The growth in ‘county lines’ cases involving young defendants, themselves victims of trafficking, poses particular issues: practical steps that may assist practitioners and recent case law principles
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Let's talk about: When burn out bites
<p>Building your personal resilience is possibly the best career move you’ll ever make – recognise burn-out and try these strategies for repair </p>
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How to dress the court—and yourself
A rough guide for pupils on the more informal rules and idiosyncratic mannerisms of the Bar: the legal Twitter hive mind sifts the daft and defunct from the customs that really matter, distilled by <em>Lucy Reed </em>
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Let's talk about: Racism & the Bar
Comfortable talking about race? How does racism show up in chambers? <span style="font-size:inherit;background-color:initial;">Raggi Kotak shares her </span>views, hopes and suggestions for change
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