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Regulators “must guard against misuse of lawtech”
Artificial intelligence-backed lawtech has the potential to improve access to justice but also carries a danger that automating law will be used negatively, meaning regulators…Asia Pacific lawyers could benefit from no-deal Brexit
If the UK exits the EU without a deal, there would be an end to the current preferential treatment of EU lawyers wishing to practise…Event: Blockchain: Regulation and the Law (5 February)
Blockchain: Regulation and the Law 2019 Sofitel London St James 5 February 2019 Meet the world’s leading legal minds to discuss the future of law…Event: Governance, Risk and Compliance (15 January)
Governance, Risk and Compliance 15th Jan 2019 – 16th Jan 2019 Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, South Africa This event is the dedicated forum to create the…Event: LegalEx (27-28 March 2019)
LegalEx 27-28 March 2019 | ExCel London The UK’s leading event for business growth, professional development and cyber security in the legal sector. Event WebsiteWebinar: New Law, New Regulations, New Practitioners: Legal and Ethical Obligations When Advising Taxpayers in an Uncertain Legal Environment
New Law, New Regulations, New Practitioners: Legal and Ethical Obligations When Advising Taxpayers in an Uncertain Legal Environment 19 December 2019 Hosted by: American Bar…Event: National Organization of Bar Counsel Mid Year Meeting (23 Jan)
National Organization of Bar Counsel Mid-Year Meeting January 23 – 26 2019 Las Vegas, NV Register HereHigh Court Sends Back Bar Membership Row
The U.S. Supreme Court sent back a case challenging a nearly 30-year-old precedent allowing mandatory bar membership. The case took aim at the county’s first…Event: Three Months to Brexit – Where Do We Stand? (6 December)
Brussels, Belgium Host: Academy of European Law 6 December 2018 – 7 December 2018 Objective In 2017 the UK started to negotiate on leaving the…Indiana professional rules limit lawyers’ speech about judges
The Indiana Lawyer has released an article tackling one of the legal sector’s most contentious issues – Rule of Professional Conduct 8.2(a), which governs lawyers’…A wave of violence against lawyers is crippling the Philippines’ justice system
The slaying earlier this month of a prominent human rights lawyer in the Philippines who worked on behalf of poor suspects accused of drug-related crimes…Fit for the Future – Report of the Independent Review of Legal Services Regulation in Scotland
The report makes 40 recommendations to Scottish Ministers on reforming the way in which legal services are regulated and complaints handled. It found that the…