Practice Toolset

Your CJS needs you! says Timothy Akers

Trying new approaches to tackle unfairness in opportunities, James Peters and Sinead Murray discuss recent Ofgem initiatives

Interrogating your AI tool is key, warn law librarians Sally McLaren and Lily Rowe

Caroline Hind explains which nutrients, foods and eating strategies can give the quickest wins when it comes to performing at your best

We’ve all been stung by feedback that does more harm than good, so what’s the best way to provide it? Kim Tasso examines the art and science of giving and receiving feedback

We want to try a new approach at the Bar to shift us away from wellbeing as a form of crisis management, says Barbara Mills KC as she announces a new pilot project on reflective practice for barristers

Rachel Spearing KC examines profession-wide efforts to retain talent and support the progression of all groups at the Bar – including the free Movers and Returners Conference at Inner Temple on Thursday 22 May

How does an established practitioner go about changing their area of specialism? Jacqueline Thomas KC draws together collective advice and experience to show that it is entirely achievable

With mini-pupils at real risk of exposure to bullying, harassment or discrimination at the Bar, what more should chambers be doing to protect them? Sam Mercer and Rachel Krys set out the law, regulation and good practice

In the second of a two-part series, Sarah Lucy Cooper highlights the professional, regulatory and financial considerations for self-employed barristers when taking sick leave