Features and Opinion

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    Training ground

    2024-01-30T00:00:00Z

    Is a new era of training and supervision under way in the legal sector? Diana Bentley investigates

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    Mind over matter

    2023-10-17T00:00:00Z

    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

    2023-10-17T00:00:00Z

    Andre Thomas outlines three key steps to hiring the right person for your firm

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    Burn notice

    2023-10-17T00:00:00Z

    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

    2023-09-27T00:00:00Z

    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

    2023-08-10T00:00:00Z

    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

    2023-08-10T00:00:00Z

    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

    2023-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Lucy Trevelyan looks at the increasing popularity of the consultancy model of providing legal services

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    Making diversity count

    2023-04-27T09:22:00Z

    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

    2023-04-24T13:10:00Z

    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

    2023-04-18T08:22:00Z

    In this case study Clifford Chance outlines how they adopted and applied a global inclusion strategy in the UK

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    Time’s up

    2023-04-18T07:58:00Z

    Jonathon Bray looks at proposals that law firms with toxic workplace cultures may face disciplinary action in the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal

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    Taking the lead

    2022-09-29T15:27:00Z

    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

    2022-09-29T13:23:00Z

    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

    2022-09-29T09:51:00Z

    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

    2022-09-12T09:21:00Z

    Sharon Glynn reflects on how the pandemic has changed workplace culture.

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    Writing job descriptions to attract the right legal talent

    2022-08-10T09:33:00Z

    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

    2022-07-22T08:16:00Z

    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

    2022-07-21T14:45:00Z

    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

    2022-07-21T13:48:00Z

    Thom Dennis explores what it means to be a great business leader in an increasingly uncertain world