Ditching office space is a costly business
Slashing office space is being treated as the panacea for Covid-19, but at what cost? This aggressive and arguably short-sighted approach is creating a very virtual, almost dystopian legal environment.
When it comes to professional development, the future is hybrid
What is really worrying law firms, whatever their size, is how best to help their lawyers develop the skills they need in a remote working environment. The Bar faces the same challenges.
Everything has changed. Nothing has changed
For the majority of Black and ethnic minority citizens in this country, legal services are still as hard to reach, as hard to choose, or as hard to trust, as they were years ago.
Will this be the Year of Lawtech?
If 2020 taught us anything, it is that lawyers will not disappear any time soon. Still, paper will gradually disappear in favour of digital tools, investment in technology and better ways of working.
Bridging the cultural gap
Over the Christmas break while relaxing, I decided it would be a perfect time to catch up on a few stories from the legal sector to see how the profession was coping.