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A further seven courts have been cleared as safe for jury trials to resume

Carrie Morrison, who was the first woman to be admitted to the solicitors’ roll, nearly 100 years ago, is to have a room renamed in her honour at the Law Society’s Chancery Lane headquarters

Pensions lawyers can expect a busy time ahead, journalist Stephanie Hawthorne writes in this week’s NLJ

The University of Law (ULaw) is one the verge of agreeing a deal to deliver the University of Sheffield’s postgraduate vocational law courses

Jury trials have resumed at a further five courts, bringing the total up to 16

Wills and probate practitioners saw no change in business levels, conveyancing was hardest hit, 60% of firms furloughed employees and 15% had to make redundancies, a survey of law firms has found

Pension lawyers have been under pressure during the coronavirus emergency, says Stephanie Hawthorne

The Black Solicitors Network (BSN) has challenged law firms and organisations to ‘walk the talk’ on redressing racial inequality

Global legal and business information provider LexisNexis, which publishes NLJ, has voiced support for the Black Lives Matter movement and set out what it will do to help eliminate systemic racism

Joshua Rozenberg is a well-informed, fluent, much respected legal journalist and commentator. He does not purport to be a profound legal scholar, but he is a good lawyer, with real insight, his text reads clearly and easily, to the point, brings the cases to mind, and he exhibits an engaging commitment and passion