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Men: some respect please
30/06/2009
I am grateful to Legal Week readers for their interest in my column so far, and especially to those who take their time to post comments - some of which, I note, appear to be a little distracted from the...Do law schools need to change?
23/06/2009
Preparing students for the post-recession landscape was the theme of the day at a recent College of Law get-together Amid continued uncertainty over the long-term viability of the global law firm business model - and suggestions that law schools need...Business relationships require constant love and attention
23/06/2009
In the current business environment, the importance of managing and developing client relationships has never been more centre stage; particularly as new business is so hard to come by in a tight, highly competitive market and losing a big...The fall of Allen Stanford
22/06/2009
In news that can't be considered surprising, the US Department of Justice on Friday (19 June) unsealed a massive criminal indictment charging the billionaire financier Allen Stanford and five other people with orchestrating a $7bn (£4.2bn) Ponzi scheme through...Legal aid at 60
19/06/2009
On 30 July, 1949, the Legal Aid and Advice Act received Royal Assent, heralding the creation of the modern legal aid system. Last week, sixty years later, the Legal Action Group (LAG) held its conference to mark the anniversary of...Apollo acquires BPP - law school chiefs respond
17/06/2009
On Monday 8 June Legal Week reported that the parent company of top UK law school BPP had accepted a £303.5m takeover offer from US education provider Apollo. The move will be closely watched by the legal profession as...Redundancy - a scary prospect
17/06/2009
According to some of the more optimistic reports, the first clouds of recession may be lifting. However, the immediate prognosis for lawyers still seems to be rather bleak - an impression added to by an article in The Times...
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