Features and Opinion
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Training ground
Is a new era of training and supervision under way in the legal sector? Diana Bentley investigates
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Mind over matter
Kerry Slater reflects on the impact changes to SRA guidance will have on resilience, psychological safety, and the wellbeing of legal professionals
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The right hire
Andre Thomas outlines three key steps to hiring the right person for your firm
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Burn notice
Philippa Hann provides some tips on how to manage staff burnout and a busy workload in your firm
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Flexibility in practice
Nicola Darfoor, corporate communications manager at the Law Society, speaks to members at law firms about their experience of flexible working
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Four days a week
In a recent trial many businesses opted to adopt a four-day work week. Natalie Moore explains how it works for her conveyancing firm
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Opening up
Managing your mental health in a demanding work environment can be incredibly challenging. For Mental Health Awareness Week, three solicitors open up to Dan Gilbert about their experiences with stress, pressure and mental ill health in private practice
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Consultancy matters
Lucy Trevelyan looks at the increasing popularity of the consultancy model of providing legal services
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Making diversity count
Raphael Mokades explains how larger firms are able to recruit a more diverse range of applicants and gives some practical advice that will help small, medium sized and regional firms to do the same
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Transforming teams
Peter Scott looks at how to identify objectives for your teams and how to enhance performance to meet them
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Increasing inclusion
In this case study Clifford Chance outlines how they adopted and applied a global inclusion strategy in the UK
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Taking the lead
The team at Serenity in Leadership sat down with their CEO, Thom Dennis, to find out what his time in the Marines taught him about becoming a great leader
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Sign of the times
Dana Denis-Smith examines the changing expectations that lawyers have of the firms they work for, and details how you can adapt
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Follow the leader
Diana Bentley examines how firms can effectively approach succession planning, and develop a suitable pipeline of potential future leaders
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Flexible working: making it work for law firms
Sharon Glynn reflects on how the pandemic has changed workplace culture.
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Writing job descriptions to attract the right legal talent
Andre Thomas outlines his tips for writing effective job descriptions, to attract the right legal talent to your firm
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A collaborative affair
Kirsten Buck examines whether traditional approaches to management are on their way out, and how collaborative alternatives could work for firms
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Hear me out
Eleanor Shaw reflects on how the legal sector can be more accessible for deaf and disabled job applicants
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Taking the lead
Thom Dennis explores what it means to be a great business leader in an increasingly uncertain world