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Mediation: Are Lawyers Missing a Trick?

28th September 2018
50 years ago, it was normal for a lawyer to be the go-to trusted adviser to businesses and families on multiple issues. However, with increased specialisation, lawyers lost the ability to be the ear on all their clients’ issues. Accountancy firms capitalised on this gap in the market developing their consulting expertise and became firmly […]
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ACLU: Facebook Allows Gender-Biased Job Postings

24th September 2018
​The ACLU says Facebook's ad targeting system lets employers discriminate against women in job postings.
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Lawyer Monthly Jobs: Legal Recruitment Consultant

24th September 2018
We're excited to announce that we're hiring.  We currently have an opening for a talented and experienced Legal Recruitment Consultant to head up our new Lawyer Monthly Jobs business.  For full job details and information on how to apply see below. Legal Recruitment Consultant Lichfield Competitive Salary plus uncapped commission and benefits OTE 40 - […]
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3 Key Online Resources to Enhance Your Legal Studies

6th September 2018
As a law student you probably need all the help you can get, and online resources can more than often be your best assets. Below Emma Jones, lecturer in law and member of the Open Justice team at the Open University, lists three key online resources you can turn to. It wasn’t so long ago […]
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Women Could Earn +£26,000 More If They Study Law

5th September 2018
Going to university should mean you earn more over your lifetime. But how much difference does the choice of university make? Well, this has been calculated* for the first time by the Institute for Fiscal Studies as evidenced by a new tool launched by the BBC. It is data from this tool theknowledgeacademy.com analysed to […]
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How Do Implying Terms Work in Contracts?

4th September 2018
The law of implied terms allows the court to imply a term into a contract to cover a situation which has not expressly been provided for in writing. In this article Ioannis Alexopoulos, Partner, and Jessica Thomas, Associate at Signature Litigation, consider the recent case of Robert Bou-Simon v BGC Brokers LP[1] which warned against […]
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Achieving Better Wellbeing: Should Law Firms Take Better Care of Their Lawyers?

31st August 2018
The legal profession is often tagged along with stress, late nights and worrying, which easily impacts your performance at work. How can our lawyers take better care of themselves? Without a doubt exercise is the often the first go-to cure. There are reaps of benefits which extend further out from being more fit and healthy; […]
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Which US Law Schools Do Female Lawyers Go To?

29th August 2018
Where do US female lawyers get their education? Below, Enjuris has collated a number of statistics on US law schools, female, enrollments and more. The New York Times recently reported that women form less than 20% of partner positions at top US law firms. It also reported that although more women were being enroled in […]
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How Does a Lawyer Switch Off on Vacation?

15th August 2018
For legal professionals, a healthy work life balance always seems far on the horizon, and when it comes to the holidays, it’s often difficult to switch off from case work. Below Lawyer Monthly hears from Richard Holmes, Director of Wellbeing at Westfield Health, who discusses the benefits of time away from work life, but more […]
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Gender Pay Gap: Why is the Legal Sector Failing?

6th August 2018
This month, in a special Lawyer Monthly feature we decided to take a look into the surprising reports around the gender pay gap. Even though most suspected a level of disparity, no one had really quite predicted the sheer gap between both genders and how there is still such a way to go until women […]
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