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Amy Wilson, ex-student, Farrer and Co – A journey into Law |
Today I talk to Amy Wilson about her motivation for going into the law, the demands of the GDL and LPC courses which she did at the College of Law and her experience of the interview process and work at Farrer & Co
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Lawcast 159: Charles Christian on new technologies for lawyers
Today I am talking to Charles Christian, lawyer, writer and Editor of Legal Technology Insider. Over the next 12 months law firms will once more be ramping up their investments in legal IT as the country climbs out of recession – but what sort of technologies should they be looking at?
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College of Law Inside Track Podcast:
Simon Myerson QC- Life at the Bar and advice on gaining pupillage
I talk to Simon Myerson QC. He considers the OLPAS form, the pupillage process, how best to prepare for pupillage interviews and the likely legal landscape for those who wish to join the Bar. He is generally optimist about the future and his advice is that it is a good career, if you are good. Simon Myerson's blog Pupillage and How to get it is essential reading for prospective barristers.
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Lawcast 158: The Bar Professional Training Course at Kaplan Law School
Today I am talking to James Wakefield director of the Bar course at Kaplan law School in London. From September 2010 the Bar Vocational Course BVC will be called the ‘Bar Professional Training Course' BPTC. Kaplan has been validated by the Bar Standards Board) to deliver the Nottingham Law School course in London as from September 2010. Kaplan states on its website that The Nottingham Law School Bar Vocational Course has been long established as one of the best in the country with double the average pupillage rates and the highest student satisfaction rates.
Controversially, while the Bar Standards Board was not able to introduce an aptitude test after Office of Fair Trading intervention – Kaplan is introducing one of its own.
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Lawcast 157: The High Court judgment in the Binyam Mohamed affair on disclosure
Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, ex government lawyer and author of the Head of Legal blog, about the recent Binyam Mohamed judgment on disclosure of information..
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College of Law Inside Track Podcast:
Sir Nigel Knowles, CEO of DLA Piper
Sir Nigel Knowles , CEO of DLA piper explains how his firm went from being two small regional firms in Sheffield and Leeds to become the world's largest law firm by revenue in a matter of 15-20 years. He talks about what DLA Piper are looking for in terms of recruiting young lawyers, emphasising that they have a very flexible approach and promote diversity and in particular are more than happy to give wild cards a chance. He talks enthusiastically about the College of Law and Sutton Trust Pathway to Law programme which DLA Piper supports and explains why DLA Piper chose the College of Law as their preferred provider.
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Lawcast 156: Mark Stephens on Superinjuctions in the wake of the Trafigura issue and the Guardian Gag.
Today I am talking to Mark Stephens, partner at Finers Stephens Innocent about the use of superinjunctions in the wake of the Guardian Gag story earlier in the week.
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Lawcast 155: The Guardian Gag affair with Carl Gardner
Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, ex government lawyer, a barrister and author of The Head of Legal blog. We look at whether the Bill of Rights has, in fact, been infringed by the gag, the use of injunctions generally and specifically in this instance, the use of parliamentary privilege and whether the judges are going too far in granting injunctions which can, effectively, be destroyed in their effect by many thousands of angry people on twitter and in the blogosphere.
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College of Law Inside Track Podcast:
Tom Kilroy - Misys plc, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Company Secretary
I talk to Tom Kilroy, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Company Secretary of Misys plc. Tom gives a fascinating insight into the work and role of General or in-house counsel stressing the differences between general practice and in-house legal work and stresses that anyone who wishes to become a General Counsel should get experience with a firm first and be hot on financials and business context.
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College of Law Inside Track Podcast: Lynn Johansen, Graduate Recruitment Partner – Clifford Chance
Lynn Johansen – graduate recruitment partner at Clifford Chance, talks about the qualities needed by prospective applicants to Clifford Chance (which are applicable to most City firms), the application process and the training given to young lawyers. She also discusses the Clifford Chance Pro Bono programme which is a major feature of the Clifford Chance ethos.
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Jenny Rowe, the CEO of the new Supreme Court
Today, as part of my series of podcasts for The College of Law Inside Track I talk to Jenny Rowe, the CEO of the new Supreme Court.
Jenny Rowe gives a behind the scenes view of the new Supreme Court, (which opens on Thursday 1st October), the budget for running the court and the new technologies, events, publication of judgments with commentaries being employed to make the court more accessible to the public.
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The College of Law has asked me to present a series of 10 Podcasts on current legal issues
Monday 21st September: Professor Richard Susskind OBE - Professor Richard Susskind paints a fascinating and vivid picture of the way the legal profession is likely to develop, based on his research and his best-selling book The End of Lawyers? This is a must listen to for all lawyers, prospective, newly qualified and experienced.
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Lawcast 154: With Jordan Furlong author of Law21.ca blog
Today I am talking to Jordan Furlong a lawyer and legal journalist based in Ottawa, Canada - the author of Law21.ca a widely read and influential blog..... Jordan's primary interest lies in law practice innovation, legal business trends, and the changing landscape of the legal profession.
Jordan is also Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Bar Association's flagship magazine National , a position he has held for more than ten years.
We talk about the the Legal Services Act - change in the profession - hourly billing v value billing and changes in legal education in North America and Britain. The podcast runs for 40 minutes and is in three distinct parts.
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Lawcast 153: With US blogger Walter Olson of Overlawyered and Point of Law
Today I am talking to Walter Olson who is not a lawyer but writes two influential law blogs: Overlawyered and Points of Law... Overlawyered is the oldest Law blog in the world and has been running for ten years.
These are just a few things people say about Overlawyered....
“Peerless scrutiny of legal insanity”
“Reports brightly on the amazing excesses of the litigious society”
“I recommend to the strong of heart a visit to Overlawyered.com, a website that will at once amuse, bemuse, and horrify.”
“Rarely do I see eye-to-eye with authors Walter Olson and Ted Frank, but darned if they don't write one interesting blog.” — Robert J. Ambrogi, author, The Essential Guide to the Best (and Worst) Legal Sites on the Web
So let's meet Walter Olson and find out what he does do and what got him into being a scourge for the legal profession... we even talk about anonymity on the web!
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Lawcast 152: Lord Falconer on assisted dying and the new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Today I am talking to Lord Falconer, a former Lord Chancellor, about two important and interesting themes – assisted dying and his amendment to the Suicide Act defeated in the Lords recently and secondly his thoughts on the reasoning behind establishing a new Supreme Court and the direction it may, in time, take.
Lord Falconer became Lord Chancellor In 2003, with the remit of abolishing the office. His reform included the creation, for the first time, of a Supreme Court for the UK, the creation of a commission to appoint judges, making a full-time independent judge the Head of the Judiciary for England and Wales, and introducing an elected Speaker for the House of Lords.
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Lawcast 151: Scots lawyer Brian Inkster on Crofting law, technology and other matters
Today I am talking to a Scots lawyer – my first podcast with a practitioner from Scotland. Shetland born Brian Inkster founded his own practice, Inksters, and as we will see...does things a little differently, providing a City level of service from his Glasgow offices to his crofting clients in Shetland and his other clients throughout Scotland... Brian is on Twitter, not surprisingly, given his passion for technology and after finding out a bit about practice in Scotland I want to ask him what makes his delivery of legal services special enough to attract the attention of the Telegraph and other news services.
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Lawcast 150: US lawyer Dan Hull of Whataboutclients? on anonymity and blogging.
Today, in my 150th podcast, I am talking to US Lawyer, fellow blogger and friend Dan Hull, co-founder with Julie McGuire of Hull Mcguire PC and founder of the WhatAboutClients? Blog which on Saturdays turns into the WhatAboutParis blog.
Dan and some other leading US law bloggers have had it with anonymity and they are refusing to publish comments unless you stand up to the plate using a real first name, real second name and a verifiable email address.
It is fair to say that Dan Hull Rob Bodine and Holden Oliver from Whataboutclients? started the ball rolling on this anonymity issue on the other side of the Atlantic He believes the legal internet (and wider internet) needs a few rules - non-anonymous blogging being one of them... subject to exceptions.
Mark Bennett from Texas, author of Defending People who did a podcast with me some time ago has already intitiated this policy...WhatAboutClients notes... Texans are quirky Americans. Internet handles like Law Gringo, Smokestack Lightning and Young Cardozo Speaks won't cut it with them. We also look at the recession in the US/UK, and the issue of blogging generally. Geeklawyer, Scottgreenfield, Mark Bennett and a few other blogging luminaries are mentioned!
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(It is a fairly long podcast - you may want to have an 'interlude'!
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Lawcast 148: Charles Christian, Editor, The Legal Technology Insider on the future for technology in law
Today I am talking to Charles Christian founder and Editor of The Legal Technology Insider and the Orange Rag, an online blog the Insider. Charles won't, I am sure, mind my saying that he has been on the scene for a long time and it is fair to say that The Times description and I quote... "the definitive online resource for the latest news about legal technology" is spot on.
Why Charles Christian set up The Legal Technology Insider - The use of technology in the legal profession in the past 10 years - The impact of recession on the use of technology - the future for entrepreneurial barristers and solicitors - A kook into the future for technology in the legal profesion - The value and use of social media (Twitter/Facebook/Linkedin) for lawyers.
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Nick Jarrett-Kerr: Radical Proactivity: A five point plan
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Lawcast 147: Nick Jarrett-Kerr's five point plan on Radical proactivity for law firms in the present recession
Today I am to talking to Nick Jarrett-Kerr, a former managing partner of Bevan Ashford and more recently a leading management consultant and author on law firm management and development. Nick Jarret-Kerr now practises as a management consultant through his own firm Jarrett-Kerr Consulting.
I quote from a recent newsletter Nick sent out to clients... “ In many countries, law firms are noticing some flickering lights at the end of the tunnel. Relieved by the hope of better things to come, the instinctive reaction of law firm leaders is still to remain in defensive mode until they have experienced a few better quarters of trading activity.
We discuss the five point plan for Radical proactivity:
1. Remodel the firm’s infrastructure and platform
2. Rebuild Esprit de Corp
3. Cross-selling revisited – the ‘carrot and stick’ approach
4. Revitalise your core teams
5. Make a radical strategic move
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Lawcast 146: Jane Lambert, Barrister, on the issues facing the Bar today
Today I am talking to Jane Lambert, a barrister who specialises in Intellectual property law. Jane attended by telephone the special Bar Council consultation on 26 June 2009, took some fairly detailed notes and contributed to the debate.
The Bar, as with the solicitors side of the profession, is experiencing the rigour of the most severe recession since World War II and now has to contend with a changing legal landscape with the advent of alternative business structures and other changes following the coming into force of the Legal Services Act. It would appear that the Bar may still be behind the curve on these changes...
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Lawcast 145: Diane Abbott MP on the use of secret evidence
Today I am talking to Diane Abbott, Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington about her latest campaign to prevent the use of "secret" evidence in UK courts.
Earlier in the year Diane tabled an early day motion (EDM) declaring "that this House believes the use of secret evidence in UK courts is fundamentally wrong", and calling on the government "to begin an immediate independent review into the use ofevidence that is not ever heard by the defendant or their lawyer but which is used to justify indefinite detention, severe bail conditions or control orders".
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Lawcast 143: On the importance of Jury trials
Four men accused of being part of a gang that stole £1.75 million in a raid at Heathrow face the first criminal trial without a jury in England and Wales for 400 years after an historic Court of Appeal decision on Thursday
The Times reported “ The ruling means that the new trial, which would normally be tried by a jury, will be the first of its kind in England and Wales under legislation that took effect in 2003 to prevent jury nobbling. The only other judge-only trials for serious cases, known as Diplock trials, have been in Northern Ireland.”
Today I am talking to Tim Kevan, a barrister, author of the babybarista blog and forthcoming BabyBarista book and co-founder of the legal training company CPD Webinars".
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Lawcast 142: Peter Crisp, CEO of BPP Law School on the acquisition of BPP PLC by Apollo
Legal Week reported last week on the acquisition of BPP (and this includes BPP Law School) by Apollo, an American company. I interviewed the Chief Executive of the College of Law, Nigel Savage, for his reaction and today I am talking to the Chief Executive of BPP law School, Peter Crisp, for his reaction.
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Lawcast 141: The House of Lords judgment on control orders
Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, ex government lawyer and author of the Head of Legal blog about the House of Lords judgment in Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) v AF (Appellant) (FC) and another (Appellant) and one other action
Lord Pannick, QC represented the lead appellant, AF “Since the Home Secretary can no longer impose control orders without telling the controlees the substance of the case they have to meet, the right decision — legally and politically — would be to abandon the discredited control order regime and concentrate on prosecuting in the criminal courts those against whom there is evidence of wrongdoing."
We also cover Diane Abbot MP's campaign about secret evidence
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Lawcast 140: Testing for drug and alcohol abuse
In recent weeks I have read of employers testing employees for drug and alcohol use and abuse as a means of selecting them for redundancy. Drug testing in sport has been with us for years and now, also, is drug testing becoming fairly routine in the City and commercial sector. Drug and alcohol abuse testing in Family Law and Child Law cases is also increasing.
Today I am talking to Rod Carillo from Trimega Laboratories about the services which Trimega Laboratories provide....
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Lawcast 138: Des Hudson, Chief Executive of The Law Society of England & Wales
TodayI am talking to Des Hudson Chief Executive of The Law Socoiety. Lawyers are facing unprecedented pressures; partly through the most severe recession since the the Second World War and partly through the changes coming as a result of the LSA. We talk about Tier 5 Employment migrant lawyer issues, Best Value tendering, the role of The Law Society in these changing times, Virtual Courts, and the good work the Law Society is doing in promoting human rights causes and the plight of lawyers in some overseas jurisdictions; notably Fiji, Pakistan and Colombia.
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Lawcast 137: Gawain Towler, prospective UKIP candidate in the Euro elections
Today, as part of a new series of political podcasts for the Wardman Wire, I am talking to Gawain Towler, the prospective UKIP candidate for the South West in the forthcoming election. We discuss UKIP policies on Euirope, the alternative to membership of the EU, and a range of current issues. I also ask Gawain if UKIP will reap the benefit of support from voters fed up with the main parties after the expenses revelations of the last three weeks.
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Lawcast 136: Tom Harris MP
Today I am talking to Tom Harris MP, the Labour member for Glasgow South, an enthusiastic user of twitter and author of his own very active blog AND ANOTHER THING. Tom has also taken to podcasting himself in recent weeks with Jamie Read MP under the title Two men and a Pod – and most enjoyable they are too.
It is impossible for me to interview a well known MP and not mention the elephant in the room – the subject of MP expenses, the title of a podcast done by Tom and Jamie Read towards the tail end of last week. As far as I know, Tom Harris doesn't have a moat and if he did, it is unlikely he would have claimed for it.
Content: MP Expenses - the way forward | The position of The Speaker in the present crisis |Do we need an election now and who is going to win? | Blogging, Twitter and Dr Who.
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Lawcast 135: Venkat Balasubramani, a US lawyer on Spam, social media and privacy issues.
Today I am talking to Venkat Balasubramani, a US lawyers who specialises in the internt sector, IT and Intellectual Property law. He is an enthusiastic social user of Twitter and writes the Spamnotes blog
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Lawcast 133: Scott Greenfield, a US criminal defense lawyer on wholesale stealing of blog content from bloggers
Today I am talking to Scott Greenfield, a new York criminal defense lawyer and author of the Simple Justice blog. In a blog post last week entitled "USLaw.com: The Verdict Is In"
Scott wrote as follows: “ When I questioned why USLaw.com used my posts, in their entirety, on its website, it caused quite a ruckus. It seems that the proprietor of USLaw.com, a fellow who uses the name Gregory Chase, though I have good reason to believe it's a fake, reacted quite poorly. I was absolutely wrong, he informed me, and I was damaging his business. He was going to "embarrass" me and tossed slander out (I know, but he apparently isn't aware of the distinction between slander and libel)."
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Lawcast 132: Colombia is a dangerous place for human rights lawyers and defenders.
Human rights organisations have registered an average of 25 cases of lawyers and human rights advocates killed on a yearly basis since 1991, which amounts to 400 people in a 16 years period. In addition,they face the risk of spurious criminal charges, civil suits and disciplinary charges forcing them to spend time defending themselves rather than representing their clients.
These words are taken from the Report of the UK Section of the “Caravana 2008" - an international delegation of lawyers to investigate the treatment of human rights lawyers in Colombia
Today I am talking to Sara Chandler a Law Society Council member and also the director of the pro-bono unit at the College of Law
Sara Chandler made the point... The courage of the Colombian lawyers has left a lasting impact on us all. We heard shocking and detailed eye witness accounts of harassment and attacks. During our visit, a lawyer was murdered in one of the regions we were investigating
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Lawcast 131: Aimee Barnes on corruption and business in China
China is emerging as a major world economic powerhouse but so few of us have any real knowledge of the legal system or the ways of the Chinese when it comes to business.
Aimee Barnes, a New York-based business strategist and writer is passionate about cross-cultural communications and the gentle art of negotiation. Her blog is a treasure trove of content for those with an interest in China.
We focus on corruption/Guanxi , business practices, case of Garth Peterson and what it means for expat professionals in China; opportunities and impediments regarding global expansion of Chinese companies (particularly around branding, advertising, and foreign partnership
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Lawcast 130: Gideon: A Public Defender (2)
Today I am, talking to Gideon – the nom de plume of the author of a Public Defender, one of the leading criminal law blogs in the United States. I did a podcast with Gideon some time ago. Today we're going to look at the influence of the Supreme Court on criminal law, catch up with the latest developments in Gideon's role as a public defender and look at the conduct of a trial; in court. Gideon is a campaigner for the abolition of the death penalty in the United States – so we'll have a look at if there is any change likely under or during the Obama presidency
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Lawcast 129: Professor Steve Molyneux - the magistrate who resigned after a complaint following his use of Twitter
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Today I am talking to Steve Molyneux, the distinguished academic who is very much in the news today having resigned from the bench as a magistrate after a complaint was received about his Twittering...
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Lawcast 128: Damian Green MP - the decision of the DPP not to prosecute and the position of The Home Secretary
Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, barrister, a former government lawyer and author of the Head of legal blog. We discuss the extraordinary case of the arrest of Damien Green MP in the light of the DPP's decision not to prosecute him or the home office official who was also arrested. The newspapers state that Green was told by police at the time of his arrest that he could be facing life imprisonment if convicted.
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Lawcast 127: Simon Fodden on Slaw, Canada
Slaw is a Canadian co-operative weblog about any and all things legal. During the four years they have been publishing, their audience has steadily grown to include hundreds of practicing lawyers, legal librarians, legal academics and students
Today, I'm talking to Simon Fodden, Professor Emeritus, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University Toronto, about Slaw, the Canadian legal system generally and his views on the internationality of the blawgosphere...
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Lawcast 126: Professor John Flood - Globalisation of law, G20 and other matters
Today I'm talking to John Flood, a professor at Westminster University about the globalisation of Law. We also discuss G20, the protests, the issue of tailored essay writing services and his recent foray into stand up comedy.
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Lawcast 125: US lawyer Craig Williams on podcasting and his upcoming Blawg Review #206
Today I'm talking to Craig Williams, a US lawyer, the author of the May It Please The Court blog and a leading US podcaster who hosts the Lawyer to Lawyer show with Bob Ambrogi.
Craig, who has Welsh and Scots ancestry, is hosting the upcoming Blawg Review #206 on 6 th April on the theme of Tartan Week – which lasts a week in New York ...
I talk to Craig about Blawg Review - his blog, his ancestry and, of course... podcasting.
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Lawcast 124: Jacqui Gilliat, Barrister, on the problems arising out of the reduction of legal aid in family cases.
Today I am talking to Jacqui Gilliat, Barrister, 4 Brick Court and author of the Bloody Relations and Family Law Week blogs about the proposed reduction in legal aid in family law cases.
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Lawcast 123: Alasdair Pearce about his law degree studies at Cambridge University
Today I am talking to Alasdair Pearce about his experience at Cambridge University where he is in the second year of a law degree and his planning for the BVC and pupillage.
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Lawcast 122: Ekaterina Zelenova, barrister, on her search for pupillage
Today I am talking to Ekaterina Zelenova, a recently called barrister, about her search for pupillage. Ekaterina is also the author of Android's Reminiscences - a stylish law blog.
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Lawcast 120: Paul Marsh, President of The Law Society, on the future of the profession after recession.
Today I am talking to Paul Marsh, the President of The Law Society of England & Wales.
We live in difficult and interesting times. I talk to Paul Marsh about a range of topics including his thoughts on the recession, how the law society is helping solicitors during these difficult days, the recent rise of nearly 10 per cent in fees for the Legal Practice Course by three London providers - BPP, the College of Law and Kaplan.and his thoughts on the future of the profession after the recession.
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Lawcast 119: Access to Justice denied? Legal Aid... or the lack of it.
Today I am talking to Steve Hynes the director of the Legal Action Group.
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Lawcast 118: Nottingham Law School on the development in the LPC for Autumn 2009
Today I am talking to members of the the LPC Team at Nottingham Trent University Bob White Course director and his colleagues, Jane Ching and Fiona Cunningham. Nottingham Law School runs one of the leading LPC courses in the country and is the only law school to have an unbroken record of Excellent rating (or top ratings under the new rating scheme) in the the country.
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Lawcast 117: Kevin Brown, Manchester University on doing a Ph.D and a career in academe.
Today I am talking to Kevin Brown, an associate lecturer at the university of Manchester as part of my series of podcasts on current issues in legal education and career opportunities for students. As Kevin is doing a Ph.d I am taking the opportunity to discuss what is involved in doing a Ph.D and what career opportunities there are in the academic world or elsewhere following completion of the doctorate.
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Lawcast 116: Professor Geoffrey Alderman on standards in UK Universities.
Today I am talking to Professor Geoffrey Alderman, a historian with many years of distinguished academic service including a spell as Chairman of the Academic Council of the University of London and (1992-93) Pro Vice-Chancellor for Academic Standards.
Geoffrey Alderman has campaigned long and hard for quality standards in our universities and yesterday appeared before the Commons Select Committee to put his views and answer questions.
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Lawcast 115: Dr Paul Mason on the Innocence Network UK
Today I’m talking to Dr Paul Mason Senior Lecturer and Director of Postgraduate Research at Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies. He is Chair of the UK Innocence Network Committee and co-ordinates the Cardiff Nexus Innocence Project. He also runs the Prison Media Monitoring Unit and edited [jc2m] Journal for Crime, Conflict and Media Culture 2004-6.Today we are going to talk about the Innocence Network, how it works, who is involved and what benefits it brings to client and all involved.
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Lawcast 114: Gerry Riskin, founder of Edge International - Law practice in these recessionary times
Today I’m talking to Gerry Riskin, a Canadian lawyer and Business School graduate with a global reputation.
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Lawcast 113: Professor John Flood on the rise in fees for the Legal Practice Course
Today I am talking to Professor John Flood. we’re going to be examining the rising cost of legal education in the light of the recent decision by three London Law Schools, BPP, The College of Law and Kaplan, to put their fees for the legal practice course up by nearly ten per cent at a time when the profession and the country generally is experiencing the most severe recession since the 1930s.
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Lawcast 112: James Welch, Head of Legal for Liberty
Today I am talking to James Welch, Head of Legal for Liberty, the cross-party organization for the protection of civil liberties and human rights. Liberty was one of the sponsors the recent Convention on Modern Liberties and Shami Chakrabarti the director of Liberty is well known through television, radio and press coverage for promoting the views and interests of Liberty.We talk about the history, aims and objectives of Liberty and three topical and current issues of our times: ID Cards, the use of torture and freedom of speech.
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Lawcast 111: US lawyer Dan Harris on China
Today I m talking to Dan Harris, a US lawyer, a co-founder of law firm Harris & Moure in Seattle, Washington and co-author with law firm partner Steve Dickinson of the China Law Blog.
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Lawcast 110: A report from the Convention on Modern Liberty
Short podcast with blogger, Oedipus Lex: A report from the Convention on Modern Liberty - Listen to the Podcast |
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Lawcast 109: The Jack Straw veto on FOI disclosure of Cabinet Minutes relating to the decision to go to war with Iraq
Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, barrister, ex government lawyer and author of the Head of Legal blog about Jack Straw's use of the veto under s.53 Freedom of Information Act 2000
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Greed is Good?
Charon QC writes about the 9% rise in some law school fees for the LPC and GDL. Interested in your thoughts.
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Lawcast 108: Michael Burdett
Today I am talking to Michael Burdett, a solicitor and consultant with HCL Hanne & Co in London. He is a past-president of the London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association and founder committee member of the Criminal Law Solicitors Association.
In last week’s Law Society Gazette, Michael Burdett wrote an article entitled UNBALANCING THE SCALES OF JUSTICE - the sub headline for which was "The Legal Services Commission is colluding with ministers to undermine the the rights of suspects and defendants…."
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Lawcast 107: Peter Crisp, Dean and CEO of BPP Law School on the LPC and legal education today.
Today I am talking to Peter Crisp, Dean and Chief Executive of BPP Law School and Alison Wells, Director of the LPC programme, about BPP’s new LPC plans and the state of legal education in these recessionary times generally.
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Lawcast 106: Roger Smith, Director of Justice, on civil liberties and human rights.
Today I am talking to Roger Smith OBE a solicitor who has been director of JUSTICE since November 2001. He has been director of legal education and training at the Law Society; director of the Legal Action Group; solicitor to the Child Poverty Action Group and director of West Hampstead Community Law Centre. He is an honorary professor at the University of Kent and a visiting professor at London South Bank University.
Roger explains what Justice does… but we then discuss the concerns raised by Lord Phillips, the former Chief Justice and now senior Law Lord, and the concerns of Sir Ken McDonald, David davies, former MI5 Chief Stella Rimington and even David Blunkett, a former Home secretary only today, that our liberties are being eroded needlessly.
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State of the Nation | If the wind will not serve, take to the oars | That was the legal week that was |Lord and Commons now in the shit and talking it?....
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Normally I do the interviewing - but on Sunday night I was interviewed by Natasha Phillips of the Divorce Manual blog. Listen to the podcast. |
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Following his arrest at La Guardia Airport in New York City (Episode 24), George has been relieved of the diamonds and jewelry he received from financier Bernard Madoff and is now a guest of the American authorities in a nearby detention center.
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Lawcast 105: Ron Baker on Value pricing, value billing and the billable hour
Today I am talking to Ronald J. Baker who started his accounting career in 1984 with KPMG Peat Marwick’s Private Business Advisory Services in San Francisco. Today, he is the founder of VeraSage Institute, a think tank dedicated to teaching Value Pricing to professionals around the world
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Lawcast 104: With Ian Parker-Joseph, Leader of The UK Libertarian Party
Today I am talking to Ian Parker-Joseph MD of Parker-Joseph Consulting, crisis management, and elected NCC member of the Libertarian Party, UK which he now leads.
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Lawcast 103: Carl Gardner on the Lords judgment in Qatada
Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, barrister, ex government lawyer and author of the Head of Legal blog about the House of Lords Qatada judgment and the aftermath ….
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Lawcast 102: Usefully Employed on developments in Employment Law
Today I’m talking to solicitor turned barrister, the author of the Usefully Employed blog about developments in Employment Law.
We discuss: Redundancy generally given the downturn, collective consultation and the impact on law firms - The British jobs issue at the oil refinery and, now, at Radcliffe power station - The imminent repeal in April of the dispute resolution procedures, the replacement provisions & the resulting new Acas codes of practice.
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Lawcast 101: Charon reports on the Geert Wilders affair...
Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, barrister, writer, ex government lawyer and author of the Head of Legal blog about the possibly unlawful exclusion of Geert Wilders.
Wilders has been excluded under regulations 19(1) and 21 of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006, which faithfully copy out and implement the requirements of article 27 of Directive 2004/38 on the rights of EU citizens to move freely.
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Lawcast 100: Dan Hull, founder of US law firm Hull McGuire on the credit-crunch, law firms and the future
Welcome to my 100th Podcast interview with movers, shakers, practitioners and pundits from the wonderful world of law… practice and academe.
Today I am talking to Dan Hull, founder of Hull McGuire PC with Julie McGuire. Dan, A litigator and lobbyist with life-long professional ties to Washington, D.C practices in the areas of commercial litigation (primarily U.S. federal courts and ADR abroad), environmental law, employment practices law, and legislative affairs. He is also the founder of the well known and well regarded WhatAbout Clients? Blog which, at weekends turns itself into the WhatAboutParis? Blog.
We talk about The credit-crunch - law firm redundancies - the 'knowledge gap' - the Billable hour v Flat fee controversy and more...
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BAR LAWCAST SERIES
A series of Podcasts on The Bar, pupillage, reform and practice
Tim Dutton QC, qua Chairman of The Bar | Simon Myerson QC | Alexander Learmonth, Chair Young Barrister's Committee | Law Girl | Ella Shaw | Law Minx | Jon McLeod on the Wood Report.
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Lawcast 97: Ella Shaw, pupil at 4 Brick Court, London on her experience of Family Law pupillage
Today I am talking to Ella Shaw a pupil barrister with Jacqui Gilliatt, a well known member of the Bar at 4 Brick Court, a leading Family Law set. We are going to talk about what she has discovered during her pupillage and her hopes for tenancy and beyond.
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Lawcast 95: Law Girl's quest for pupillage and a career at The Bar
Today I am talking to a prospective barrister who blogs under the name LAWGIRL. She has completed her undergraduate degree, has an LLM and is currently doing an MA in legal & political theory. She is due to do the Bar Vocational Course in September at the Inns of Court School of Law. We’re going to talk about her thoughts on legal education and the prospects for young barristers. This is most timely, because next week, I am going to be doing a podcast with Alexander Learmonth, Chairman of The Young Barristers Committee at the Bar Council about the very same issues.
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For a full list of podcasts please go here or to www.lawcasts.net
Charon after a glass
A series of captioned pictures reflecting the events we have lived through. Have a look...
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