The National Crime Agency demystifies the government security clearance process and highlights recent initiatives to encourage lawyer candidates from more diverse backgrounds to apply
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
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Modernising communication and collaboration at a leading Chancery set. A Zexi case study
How to build profile without compromising professional duties. By Naumaan Farooq, Co-Founder of Inked PR
Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, examines the role of cut-off levels, and the wider range of factors that must be considered when interpreting results for family court proceedings
Endometriosis Awareness North, a charity raising awareness of endometriosis and supporting those affected across the North of England, has received a £500 boost from AlphaBiolabs via the company’s Giving Back initiative
A decade of reviews and research has disrupted accepted thinking in the search for causality. Suicides following abuse have overtaken domestic homicides. Is the law keeping up? Professor Susan Edwards KC (Hon) examines recent cases and the obstacles to successful prosecution
At least not that way, says Richard Paige
The case against judge-only justice and why efficiency is not enough. By Professor Leslie Thomas KC
Heritage as an anchor and a compass, finding our common humanity and embracing the power of the outsider Melina Antoniadis’s lessons learnt
Lauren Fullerton examines the how, what and why of setting up a second chambers base