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I treated my diagnosis as an opportunity rather than an obstacle. I wanted to do things I wouldn’t have done before. I learnt to tap dance. I took up rowing again, which I had loved at university.
Someone described our community hub as like ‘Reddit for lawyers’. We cover everything. People bring their niche, technical questions, or go there to sense-check a problem. Some might ask for ...
Lord Jackson noted that “the Law Society in particular notes the potential increase in contested hearings in the short term, as landlords that would previously have used section 21, because it was ...
Rodger Pannone, former president of the Law Society, shares some of his most memorable moments to mark our 200-year ...
The Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission has administrative responsibility for regulating the legal profession in Illinois. It is an agency under the authority of Illinois Supreme Court.
There are no separate requirements for foreign law firms in Texas. Foreign legal consultants can employ, be employed by or partner with local lawyers. This is a US commitment under the World Trade ...
New York is the largest legal services market in the world. Many foreign firms have a presence there, including law firms from the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Australia, China and ...
Florida allows foreign lawyers to practise as in-house counsel. Lawyers can provide legal advice in Florida while exclusively employed by a business organisation without taking the bar exam. This ...
The District of Columbia is one of the very few jurisdictions in the US that allows alternative business structures. This includes joint ownership of a law firm between lawyers and non-lawyers. There ...
The legal profession in California is regulated by the Business & Professions Code Div. 3 – Professions and Vocations Generally, Ch. 4 – Attorneys (Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 6000 et seq.), more usually ...