National education and mentoring organisation Women in the Law UK is launching a podcast series, Talking Law, on 7 January 2019. The podcasts, produced by BBC Radio5Live presenter Sam Walker, feature interviews with influential legal professionals carried out by the organisation's founder, barrister Sally Penni. The series is available from Apple and Spotify at www.womeninthelawuk.com/podcasts. Penni, also vice chair of the Association of Women Barristers, said: ‘By launching Talking Law we are enabling the next generation of leaders in our profession to benefit from tips, guidance and advice from some of the legal sector’s most influential figures.’
02 January 2019
Talking Law
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NEWS
Hugh James has secured 500 places on King’s College London’s new AI Literacy for Law course as part of a major firm-wide push to strengthen its responsible use of generative artificial intelligence
The criminal courts will sit to their maximum capacity next year, after the Lord Chancellor David Lammy lifted the cap on Crown Court sitting days
The Lord Chancellor David Lammy has set out his plans for ‘Blitz courts’, a national listing framework and other elements of the Leveson reforms
A former Commerzbank analyst has been sentenced to eight months in prison for lying during an employment tribunal hearing
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has joined with 60 data protection authorities from around the world to call for ‘urgent regulatory attention’ to the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI)
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