Features

Legal professionals face potentially traumatic events every day. This year’s Wellness Forum on 21 June turns to the military, police, medical services and CPS to learn how we can better manage the risks we face at the Bar 

Feeling sluggish in the practice department? Dust off your profile and learn how to stand out from the crowd with this refresher guide. By Deborah Bryan 

Social media regulation, free speech and the rule of law: democratic legislatures are scrambling to regulate and the government’s white paper on online harm needs careful scrutiny 

Dermod O’Brien QC showed that it was more than just unfair to deny judicial part-timers pensions, it was unlawful. After 14 years against judicial head winds his arguments prevailed 

Worth the wait or too little too late? The review is frank, wide-ranging and lengthy but the action plan 
has little to offer family justice, law and practice
 

An unconventional yet holistic route to the Bar for the Justice First Fellow at the Public Law Project and a meaningful use of law 

If at first you don’t succeed... but don’t be tempted to reheat last year’s application. A rallying account from a third-time-lucky silk 

Making sure inquests remain inquisitorial: a quid pro quo? Calls to extend non-means tested legal aid for families in inquests where the state is legally represented were rejected by government for reasons of cost – but also effect 

We need to have a different conversation if we’re serious about recruiting more black judges: our first non-white High Court judge talks to Desiree Artesi about finding new sources of potential, energising diversity efforts and coaxing out reluctant role models