ICLR Conference 2021 – Online, 28 September – 1 October

ICLR 2021 – Registration is Open The 10th Annual International Conference of Legal Regulators will take place virtually on September 28-October 1, 2021.  This four day-long virtual experience will consist of online sessions and networking events specifically created to advance the vital work of legal regulators around the world. ICLR 2021 delegates can anticipate a…

Singapore and Uzbekistan sign memorandum of understanding on legal cooperation

On the 22nd of April, Singapore’s Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law, Mr K Shanmugam SC, and Uzbekistan’s Minister of Justice, Mr Ruslanbek Davletov, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Legal Cooperation. The signing took place at the Tashkent Law Spring, an annual legal forum, held in Uzbekistan. The MoU provides a…

Event: Redesigning Legal: Leading from the Bench—Expanding Access through Regulatory Innovation

June; 9, 2021 Online The access to affordable legal services and access to justice crises are growing, yet there remains a sizeable gap between what real-world data tells us and the expectations of and understanding of those in the legal profession. Moreover, new approaches and new technology offer some solutions, but they are not widely…

Event: Next steps for legal education and training in England and Wales

June; 29, 2021 Online This conference will assess the future of legal education and training in England and Wales, as well as ongoing competence in the profession. The seminar takes place at a time of significant changes in the pathways to qualification for solicitors and barristers, with the new SQE system and new bar training…

Event: Legalex

November; 10-11, 2021 London We design every aspect of our LegalEx to help you run, grow and advance your legal practice by staying up to date with the ever-changing legal landscape. Law is constantly evolving, so we’re helping you evolve with it. Every supplier and seminar at LegalEx is chosen to inspire and educate you…

Stress, drink, leave: An examination of gender-specific risk factors for mental health problems and attrition among licensed attorneys

Abstract Rates of mental illness and heavy alcohol use are exceedingly high in the legal profession, while attrition among women has also been a longstanding problem. Work overcommitment, work-family conflict, permissiveness toward alcohol in the workplace, and the likelihood of promotion are all implicated but have yet to be systematically investigated. Data were collected from…

Embedding Graduate Resilience into Legal Education for a Disrupted 21st Century

Abstract A fundamental role of education in legal education is to ensure that graduates are adequately prepared for professional practice as lawyers. Notwithstanding this aim, it cannot be said that legal education holistically prepares graduates to cope with the complexities of the 21st Century which is characterised by significant change and disruption. Law schools have a key role in…

Understanding and Interpreting Law School Enrolment Data

Abstract The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) has a long-standing commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in legal education and in the legal profession. In line with its mission to promote quality, access, and equity in legal education, LSAC is providing a report, Understanding and Interpreting Law School Enrollment Data: A Focus on Race and Ethnicity, to help law schools, admission…

Lawyer Ethics for Innovation

Abstract Law struggles to keep pace with innovation. Twenty-first century advancements like artificial intelligence, block chain, and data analytics are already in use by academic institutions, corporations, government entities, health care providers, and others but many questions remain about individual autonomy, identity, privacy, and security. Even as new laws address known threats, future technology developments…

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