New National Board for Wales
The Gazette reports that we have launched our new National Board for Wales to offer a stronger, defined voice to help address the diverging, modern challenges to the legal sector in and between England and Wales.
The inaugural National Board meeting this week addressed a full agenda, encompassing a broad spectrum of political developments and member-driven activity across Wales.
100 years of women solicitors
Legal Cheek has an in-depth piece on Carrie Morrison, ahead of the 100 year anniversary on Sunday. The article notes we renamed one of our rooms in Chancery Lane in her honour.
Strikes – what are your rights?
Max Winthrop, a member of our Employment Law Committee, spoke with BBC Radio Merseyside (from 2:50:49) about what rights employees have if they choose to strike, as many sectors are choosing to do in response to poor pay and working conditions in the weeks before Christmas.
Project Rise
New Law Journal reports that Project Rise – a scheme initiated by our Disabled Solicitors Network to offer part-time solicitor training to improve access to the profession – has welcomed three new firms to the project.
Judicial Diversity Forum
Legal Futures covers the news of an independent report to help the Judicial Diversity Forum (JDF) improve its effectiveness.
The JDF’s members include the Bar Council, Legal Services Board, Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, the Law Society, the chair of the Judicial Appointments Commission, the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice.
Also worth a read:
- Rail strike begins across the UK – BBC (Live)
- Kwarteng ignored warnings of market backlash in mini budget – Sky News
- Greene cleared of wrongdoing by SDT – Gazette, Law360 (£) & Legal Futures
- Surge of staff grievances at MoJ – Gazette
- SRA pledges to improve number of senior ethnic minority staff – Legal Futures