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18 June 2021 / Jessica Hampson
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Shaping our future lawyers in a post-pandemic world

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Adapt, innovate & challenge the norm after lockdown ends, writes Jessica Hampson, CEL Solicitors
  • Career development remained as important as ever during lockdown.
  • Fledgling lawyers will take the lessons learned, such as the importance of communication, into the rest of their careers.

It’s an industry that has tradition, formality and heritage at its core which, until the COVID-19 pandemic, was widely accepted and rarely challenged.

However, the various lockdowns and rules on social distancing during the past 12 months has meant the legal sector has had to rapidly adapt to new ways of working in order to meet the demands of both clients and courts, as well as ensuring that staff are continuing to develop their skills.

For our fledgling lawyers of today, the challenges to come out of the past year are likely to govern how they navigate their careers.

Take CEL Solicitors. We have always been proud to go against the grain when it comes to culture and challenging the norm in the legal

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A seemingly dry procedural update may prove potent. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold explains that new CPR 31.12A—part of the 193rd update—fills a ‘lacuna’ exposed in McLaren Indy v Alpa Racing
The long-running Mazur saga edged towards its finale as the Court of Appeal heard arguments on whether non-solicitors can ‘conduct litigation’. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School reports from a packed courtroom where 16 wigs watched Nick Bacon KC argue that Mr Justice Sheldon had failed to distinguish between ‘tasks and responsibilities’
Cheating in driving tests is surging—and courts are responding firmly. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort Law School charts a rise in impersonation and tech-assisted fraud, with 2,844 attempts recorded in a year
As AI-generated ‘deepfake’ images proliferate, the law may already have the tools to respond. In NLJ this week, Jon Belcher of Excello Law argues that such images amount to personal data processing under UK GDPR
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