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ARCHIVE: Endless possibilities

15th March 2024
It has been one year since the inaugural Festival of Legal Possibilities. The event highlighted the ever more varied legal career options and called for the legal sector to pick up the pace on diversity.

Will AI displace or empower legal teams?

12th March 2024
With AI beginning to impact the more traditional contract management systems, it is argued that these tools help support and improve efficiencies if only they were adopted.

ARCHIVE: Law under lockdown

6th March 2024
It’s March 2020 and the country begins to shut down, with the profession becoming agile overnight – what impact did it have back then, and how has that shaped the way we work now?

Don’t let scope creep up on you

5th March 2024
Scope creep can be a real headache. Lockton share their top tips to help you avoid it or at the very least prevent work becoming substantially more onerous than planned.

Art imitating law

27th February 2024
We speak to newly knighted Sir Alexander McCall Smith about how his legal background inspired his remarkable career as a novelist.

Lockton’s dabbling lowdown

13th February 2024
In the era of management information and data-driven decision-making, the modern solicitor must be many things.

Are you a networking novice or ninja?

5th February 2024
Reluctant and unconfident – two networking personality types that I meet on a regular basis.

Back by popular demand… Ask Ash!

18th January 2024
You have just been promoted, how do you successfully navigate changing team dynamics and opinions?
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