Legal Education

Empowering the next generation of legal professionals. Our Legal Education section offers insights into legal training, career development, and continuing education opportunities. Discover the best law schools, courses, and programs to advance your legal knowledge and skills.

A bit more information

The Lawyers of the Future Will be Heavily Backed by Robots

15th June 2017
Small and medium sized legal firms both understand the importance of the use of AI (artificial intelligence), regard it as an opportunity to be embraced, and do not feel threatened by its impact on their business model, says Clayton Legal, after conducting qualitative research into this area. Lynn Sedgwick, Managing Director, of legal recruiters Clayton […]
Read full article

The Legal Ladder: From Paralegal to Managing Partner

13th June 2017
As part of Lawyer Monthly’s new series on law school, recruitment and careers in the legal sector, John Oxley, Barrister at Vardags relays an educational piece below on the journey from paralegal to managing partner, and everything in between. Lawyers often have little idea what those above and below them in their firm actually do. […]
Read full article

Family Law and Other Specialist Vacancies Increase in 2017

6th June 2017
Family law practices showed a growth of 47 % growth in vacancies to the end of April 2017 in the UK regions, with an increase in probate lawyer vacancies of 56% over the 12-month period according to data from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo). While Real Estate continues to be the largest practice […]
Read full article

42 Million American Jobs and Family Budgets at Risk Under the Proposed Border Adjustable Tax

1st June 2017
Retail Industry Leaders Association Executive Vice President for Government Affairs Jennifer Safavian recently issued the following statement as the House Ways and Means Committee began its hearing examining the economic and consumer impact of a border adjustable tax: "As the nation's largest private-sector employer, retailers support pro-growth tax reform that lowers corporate rates, scrutinizes all […]
Read full article

Can Simplifying Food Waste Regulation Help Create Businesses & Jobs?

27th April 2017
ReFED, a collaborative, cross-sector non-profit committed to reducing the $218 billion of food waste in the US, recently unveiled two new tools: a database of innovative food waste solutions, and an interactive map that centralizes federal- and state-level food waste policy to assist advocates and policymakers. "ReFED's 2016 ‘Roadmap to Reduce US Food Waste’ identified […]
Read full article

Is Your Business About to be Hit by US Tax Policy?

14th March 2017
Focusing on the overall impact of US tax policy on Canadian businesses, here Rhonda Sisco, US Corporate Tax Consulting Leader at Grant Thornton LLP in Toronto, tells Lawyer Monthly readers all about the potential impacts, both direct and indirect, of the expected US  administration’s reviewed policies, in what Rhonda describes as a straightforward tax philosophy […]
Read full article

Are British Businesses Equipped to Support Employees Suffering from Mental Health Issues?

22nd February 2017
Nearly a third (30%) of senior business decision makers are aware of employees at their current organisation suffering from a mental health issue, with 18% aware of employees who have had to leave their job because of their mental health. A YouGov study, commissioned by leading job board, totaljobs, surveyed 606 senior business decision makers […]
Read full article

Smart, Science-Based Regulation Needed to Advance America's Energy Renaissance and Jobs

10th February 2017
API President and CEO Jack Gerard testified before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee last week on the need for smart, science-based oil and natural gas regulations so that American consumers and workers and the environment can continue to benefit from America's energy renaissance. "America is now leading the world in oil and natural […]
Read full article

Employees Will Be Easy to Lose and Hard to Hire in 2017

20th January 2017
A survey of over 1,000 jobseekers, working professionals, and hiring decision makers reveals what professionals expect in a hiring process and want in a job, and whether employers are meeting these needs. The Execu|Search Group just released its ‘2017 Hiring Outlook: Strategies For Engaging With Today's Talent And Improving The Candidate Experience’. The report provides […]
Read full article

Brexit: How will Employment Law be Affected?

13th July 2016
Jane Crosby , specialist in commercial litigation and employment law at Hart Brown, outlines how employment law could be affected by the UK leaving Europe When the UK went to the polls on June 23rd, few people predicted the outcome that arose, with the Leave campaign scoring a shock win and a slender majority of the UK […]
Read full article
1 … 48 49 50
Connect with LM

About Lawyer Monthly

Lawyer Monthly is a news website and monthly legal publication with content that is entirely defined by the significant legal news from around the world.