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FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Law Society does not oppose non-graduates becoming solicitors, despite its chief executive saying earlier this week that they would devalue the qualification, it said yesterday. Instead it now says that the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) consultation on entry to the profession “may result in the standard of entry being lowered”. Full story - Legal Futures
FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Law Society does not oppose non-graduates becoming solicitors, despite its chief executive saying earlier this week that they would devalue the qualification, it said yesterday. Instead it now says that the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) consultation on entry to the profession “may result in the standard of entry being lowered”. Full story - Legal Futures
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Shake-up of crime agency powers raises the potential for political interference | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/4KSY8pFAZc
- Legal eagles go head-to-head at British LGBT awards | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/KVNFa07U7c
- Nigel Knowles announces retirement from DLA Piper | The Lawyer https://t.co/uetfsVkUzj
- A&O opts for continuity as Dejonghe becomes senior partner | The Lawyer https://t.co/N0Tf4kprWH
- Land Securities kicks off panel review | The Lawyer https://t.co/xdwYdEanzW
- K&L Gates promotes London trio in 50-strong promotions round | The Lawyer https://t.co/NnQKP0YCjL
- White & Case prioritises London and US as revenue climbs 1 per cent | The Lawyer https://t.co/ouBhog9gWK
- GC2B: Do you need to be a great lawyer to be a successful GC? | The Lawyer https://t.co/xpfo6Wn1dv
- Davis Polk and Weil lead as China’s HNA Group makes $6bn acquisition | The Lawyer https://t.co/0BVdNMNKmP
- European moves: 18 February 2016 | The Lawyer https://t.co/opRo3MA7rN
- Therium in talks with firms to launch funding ABS | The Lawyer https://t.co/8QVi8D36N3
- Macfarlanes ups NQ salary to £70,000 and reveals 100% spring retention | The Lawyer https://t.co/vgsLjFW8oE
- Joint enterprise principle ‘wrongly interpreted’ – Supreme Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/mtOzBvyhon
- New OPG guidance on client accounts | Law Gazette https://t.co/nKFpA3E4QY
- Court rules domestic violence legal aid time limit invalid | Law Gazette https://t.co/fCWqLemmdq
- Man cleared in Gwyneth Paltrow stalking case https://t.co/zcADliAPly
- Joint enterprise law: Murder law misinterpreted for 30 years https://t.co/RjgZxsbT5b
- Shake-up of crime agency powers raises the potential for political interference | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/4KSY8pFAZc
- Mediators are no threat to lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/W2DZvOv0pi
- Head of chambers quits 3 Stone Buildings amid merger speculation | Law Gazette https://t.co/khcRO0gHVn
- Lawyers press for cohabitation law update after court battle | Law Gazette https://t.co/mPhdfVlxF9
- TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/g2ry1QRpeG
- Residential property team expands at Shropshire-based firm Lanyon Bowdler Solicitors https://t.co/MF4RInoJJy https://t.co/9qTPzLx82x
- Fugitive former solicitor Michael Lynn to be extradited to Ireland 'imminently' #IRELAND https://t.co/nqIpatrscp
- 'Do you know what you are doing?' Hazzard fails to rule out call to ICAC barrister #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/bWuqlbJGb0
- James Hird reveals how lawyers attacked judge's decision over supplements saga #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/gvffI2ijLk
- The UK government has been hacking for years—and now it’s legal https://t.co/fCNQCkWyga
- Buy-to-let: can you – and should you – set up as a company to avoid tax hit? https://t.co/VQHAW0Xowr
- EU lawmakers say will consider legislation for UK deal swiftly: Cameron's office https://t.co/VyWBOXjRDn
- HELSINKI COMMISSION CHAIR: #SERBIA LEGISLATION AN HISTORIC STEP https://t.co/lM1eAWCjDJ
- Virginia Senate Approves Airbnb Legislation #US https://t.co/lErMdmw4a2
- How Lawmakers Use Satirical Bills To Troll Anti-Abortion Legislation #US https://t.co/FjllQyaW2j
- Male teacher accused of inappropriate relationship with 13-year-old who later died #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/6uywxyqu67
- Appeal Hearings Get Underway at Khmer Rouge Tribunal #CAMBODIA https://t.co/hHnHKWabXr
- Green Tribunal comes down on industries polluting Ganges #INDIA https://t.co/aExKHp6d2u
- Aquino to #CHINA: Abide by decision of international tribunal on South China Sea https://t.co/I6FIB9OYYo
- Senate Judiciary Committee Recommends Judge Roger Page For State Supreme Court #US https://t.co/piw6XphUEo
- Modi wants to subjugate the judiciary and the media: AAP on JNU row #INDIA https://t.co/vkqTupaXn8
- Chief justice urges politicians, media to stop adverse remarks on judiciary #BANGLADESH https://t.co/BUAcMEi3zu
- Stop your attacks on Judiciary, NANS tells APC #NIGERIA https://t.co/GZOV3nEcVd
- Wyoming Chief justice says budget is lean for state judiciary https://t.co/Fgxn0qXF65
- 'Ban-the-box' bill passes Iowa Senate committee #US https://t.co/hPZ4No1UwC
- Juncker: Shutting down #Greece border would be illegal https://t.co/Zatk51KD57
- Sarkozy faces illegal campaign funding probe #FRANCE https://t.co/K2KLqNSDbm
- 21 'illegal' schools being investigated over radicalisation fears https://t.co/koIKQNW132
- Alistair Hindle Associates appoints new director | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/J7koyrLNVE
- Blog: Guidance needed on early dissolution proposals | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/o5Mmf7n6H4
- Glasgow pub hit with £6,000 penalty for football copyright breach | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0Fc973xiN0
- MMS merger talks with Addleshaw Goddard break down | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nfPXRjFjea
- High Court gives judicial approval to predictive coding | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hi4gegzVNu
- England: Figures suggest residential conveyancing work shrinking | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/aVJyBR1xMf
- Rennie requests M9 crash investigation update from Lord Advocate | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/E6anM1AV9I
- Female prisoners at Glasgow Sheriff Court held in 'degrading and inhumane' conditions | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qTjNVxAu9s
- Asda removes food bank donation points from UK stores https://t.co/trzzxfVVii
- Iain Duncan Smith refuses to set up freephone for families claiming benefits https://t.co/Ea4tqzj9sA
- San Francisco tech worker: 'I don't want to see homeless riff-raff' https://t.co/MkRRM5TYpI
- Lord Avebury wore his ban from visiting Bahrain as a proud honour https://t.co/51LAIRcoKS
- California lawmaker introduces bill to end race-based wage discrimination #US https://t.co/O1ADvdIsHt
- Mississippi bill would let church members carry guns #US https://t.co/ZogVOQKLBs
- Call for Obama to delay supreme court nomination is 'absurd', say legal scholars #US https://t.co/2Wdkdowwk5 Feb 18, 201
- #Egyptian authorities move to shut down torture watchdog https://t.co/kLLn5qN082
- Migrant crisis: #Austria sets asylum claims cap and transit limit https://t.co/fyHWrSYbo5
- Pope Francis decries migrant 'tragedy' at Mexico Mass https://t.co/X0yTwDFrFa
- Police forces 'sleepwalking' away from communities https://t.co/AHHokkaOmE
- Troops to Teachers sees just 28 ex-servicemen qualify https://t.co/OnGN7TxeG0
- Not so slow: SRA approving alternative business structures in only two weeks | Legal Futures: https://t.co/0fefBZXeYd
- Practising fees should be "going down, not up", LSB says | Legal Futures: https://t.co/JiCY8uHL2H
- Sole practitioner who brought “cataclysm” upon himself is struck off | Legal Futures: https://t.co/1hOIxtCZu1
- Push and pull: how to lose law firm talent https://t.co/4GYcewRRl1
- Dickstein Shapiro partners lose millions left with firm https://t.co/UdQPBwrOYr
- Merger talks crumble between Addleshaw Goddard and Maclay Murray https://t.co/dxIztPGAAn
- Mile-high Internet provider slapped with AA lawsuit https://t.co/mWw56IIo9l
- US hires: Epstein Becker & Green and Orrick https://t.co/0sRIi58UO0
- Mapping the post-Brexit landscape https://t.co/eCoW6LQ6E9
- Legally https://t.co/zT1GVZ22WK? https://t.co/iu3NEI9aKM
- #Indian Peter Mukerjea media tycoon has been formally charged with the murder of his stepdaughter, police said https://t.co/dFcksy0Gf4
