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Legal Innovation is the Rage, But There’s Plenty of Resistance
Mark Cohen writes for Forbes that “The staid legal industry is smitten by “innovation,” even as it lacks a common definition how the term applies…Former Nigerian Bar President states Body of Benchers is ill-equipped to regulate legal profession
The immediate past President of the Nigerian Bar Association, A. B Mahmoud, SAN, has said the Body of Benchers was ill-equipped to regulate the affairs…NEW! ICLR Digital Content Group on ICLR.net
ICLR.net is excited to announce our new membership group for Digital Content. Join our group and post your legal regulation & legal profession news, events,…Singapore’s Ministry of Law Accepts Recommendation to Strengthen Professional Training of Lawyers
The Ministry of Law (MinLaw) announced on 30 August 2018 that it has accepted in principle the recommendations of the Committee for the Professional Training…Event: 2018 Legislative Drafting Conference
13-14 September 2018 The Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice is hosting its bi-annual Legislative Drafting Conference – “Charting Legislative Courses in a Complex…Event: IBA Europe-Caucasus-Asia Forum
A conference presented by the IBA European Regional Forum From 5-7 September 2018, Almaty will become the venue for one of the most significant legal…Event: Creating inclusive workplaces for LGBT+ people (Legal Sector)
Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion Wednesday, August 22, 2018 – 14:00 Virtual – Webinar This webcast will provide insights and promising practices of how…Solicitors Regulation Authority Assessment Organisation Appointed
The SRA has appointed Kaplan as the assessment organisation to develop and run the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). Selected following a rigorous, year-long process, Kaplan…California prepares to lead US profession into non-lawyer ownership
Regulators are poised to consider radical rule changes that could decisively open the way to allowing non-lawyers into the legal profession of the US’s most…Call for Publications: Journal for the Professional Lawyer
The American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility Publications Board is seeking submissions for publication in Journal of the Professional Lawyer, a peer-reviewed annual publication…Netherlands Bar Association launches research into innovation and digitalization in the legal profession
More than 1,300 lawyers participated in the recent NOvA survey on strategy, innovation and digitization. The results will be published after the summer. The survey is part…Bar Standards Board shares good practice for barristers and advice for clients on consumer feedback
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published new guidance that aims to encourage barristers to follow good practice when they receive feedback from their clients. It…New York City Bar Association E-Discovery Working Group publishes guide on cross-border e-Discovery
SUMMARY The New York City Bar Association’s E-Discovery Working Group issued a report examining the challenges of conducting discovery when the scope of discovery exceeds US borders.…Bar Standards Board explains how it assures competence at the Bar
Following its decision last year not to implement the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA), the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published more detail about how it assures…Event: NOBC Annual Conference 2018
The National Organization of Bar Counsel (NOBC) are holding their annual conference on 1-4 August in Chicago.D.C. Bar seeking views on changes to Rule 46
In May we reported that the D.C. Bar Board of Governors had submitted proposed amendments to certain provisions of Court of Appeals Rule 46. This…