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Simply being a solicitor “is not enough” in the new legal market, but by raising standards further through accreditation schemes and using their brand recognition, solicitors can preserve a dominant market share, the Law Society’s chief executive has insisted. Full story - Legal Futures
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- Human Rights Now | Foreign Policy http://t.co/7TbR0ffA
- CANADA: Toronto woman denied haircut by Muslim barbers files human rights complaint http://t.co/uLDHNWqP
- JAMAICA: prepares to rid penal code of slavery-era flogging law http://t.co/K117O1DK
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- SOUTH AFRICA: Wheels of justice have indeed ground slowly in beer case http://t.co/fGczP0A1
- IRELAND: Justice for Savita http://t.co/ontiMkkb
- TheLawMap: The Law Business: 5th to 11th November http://t.co/knuXnNZO
- RUSSIA threatens tough response if US backs rights bill http://t.co/A8Js55LB
- SENEGAL: Has Senegal's gender parity law for MPs helped women? http://t.co/VQHPapan
- US: Judge Allows Immigration Checks in South Carolina http://t.co/5naCtqZV
- US: Judge says Ohio bomb plot amounted to terrorism, making 3 men subject to harsher sentences http://t.co/wjRaRA4W
- Law firm franchise reinvents itself as online legal service for businesses | LEGAL FUTURES http://t.co/GD3Rd0rK
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- For and against the evils of Twitter http://t.co/vEVh5xri
- Man who claims he was abused by Sir Cyril Smith speaks out about alleged ordeal http://t.co/yOUF8PMT
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- Trainee reporter sees off address ban in murder trial http://t.co/wHQnMiwx
- David Tweed trial: 'Woman kept notes' http://t.co/I09wFpXS
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- Stobart Barristers chief hits back at quality claims > Corporate News http://t.co/RBGLyukK
- NETHERLANDS: Government may face legal action over climate change http://t.co/vRyEsL86
- ARGENTINA: Congress passes controversial legal regulation http://t.co/YJaocywU
- AUSTRALIA: Church funding paedophiles' legal defence http://t.co/vmq8Vuk7
- Skins Vs UCI legal action has better than 50 per cent chance of success says company boss http://t.co/p9MqzTCk
- IRELAND: Eamon Gilmore calls for 'legal clarity' on abortion issue http://t.co/1Z0uDbBU
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- US: States tackle legal cannabis use http://t.co/W85t0eht
- Novel About Racial Injustice Wins US National Book Award http://t.co/1iZLR0xN
- Alex Salmond says sorry for using wrong college funding figures http://t.co/QVcePzYo
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- Man charged in UK over Syria kidnap http://t.co/KkUeJuen
- BBC reaches settlement with Lord McAlpine http://t.co/H6gFJvEU
- Black Solicitors Network names UK's most diverse law firms - Legalweek http://t.co/Nn2PTuGU
- New Bar stats reveal 20% drop in number called during 2010-11 - Legalweek http://t.co/KVSLQtF2
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Mayer Brown seals London hire of former Ashurst real estate head - Legalweek http://t.co/aFl0EGqR
- McAlpine's solicitor warns long list of Twitter users to 'apologise or be sued' http://t.co/f6sIKfmr
- Record donation to King's College law school | Siobhain Butterworth http://t.co/9AD5jh9R
- Kenneth Clarke urged to curb plans for secret court hearings http://t.co/pAyCbWOr
- An end to faking it: could a new law damage the world of design? http://t.co/c6pOJcgV
- Diverse judiciary more than 50 years away, says supreme court justice http://t.co/POyhb2kn
- Law school wins record scholarship fund donation | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/MPRIICu4
- Strippers keeping close eye on organist actions | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/gHTL8Sly Nov
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- Deloitte gears up for legal launch | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ry0Z7z86
- K&L Gates to open Seoul office | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/IQz7W1Qh
- English regulator: many solicitors 'simply not good enough' | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/S9VOT90p
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