Following Brexit, the UK has adopted a new points-based immigration system intended to simplify the process and permit entry for the highest-skilled applicants.
Ed O’Connell, MD of Professional Services at Search, discusses what the legal industry can do to retain and attract the best talent amid a global skills shortage. The pandemic has had one of the biggest impacts on employment in recent times, with the uncertainty of the last two years causing workers to reconsider their career […]
Lawyer Monthly hears from Colin Bohanna, General Manager of legal software provider Clio EMEA, on why legal tech is so important for the legal industry. Colin is an accomplished sales and customer experience leader with a successful track record, delivering within large and scaling businesses across EMEA and North America. When it comes to technology, […]
Following two years of disruption owed in large part to the COVID-19 pandemic, new statistics show that activity at the European Patent Office is now on a rise.
Just as we thought we had turned a corner, 2022 has brought fresh challenges – supply chain problems, labour shortages, the battle for top talent (dubbed the Great Resignation), and most recently, economic worries of inflation and the risk of recession. All these issues impact the professional services firms too, including legal. However, if the […]
So, what is empathy and why do some legal firms struggle? If you take the dictionary definition of empathy, it refers to the ability to understand and share the feelings of others. Empathy should not be confused with sympathy though. Empathy requires you to stand in someone else’s shoes and think about why they may […]
Whilst there’s little doubt that significant progress has been made, unfortunately, there is still a large disparity between the number of people with disabilities in employment, compared to non-disabled people in work. Narrowing the disability employment gap requires a collective effort from both employers and employees, to help create wholly inclusive workplaces. In the second […]
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