Solicitors & Barristers

Amanda Hamilton, Patron, National Association of Licensed Paralegals (NALP)

By Amanda Hamilton 16 Feb 2023 8 min read

What is the difference between the services of a paralegal, a solicitor and a barrister?

If you are thinking about a legal career you have choices. It’s a good idea to review the different roles and which route you might take. There are two traditional legal professionals in Engl...

By Heather Davis 28 Jul 2022 5 min read

What is Expected of Trainee Solicitors?

What do trainee solicitors do? What are their main responsibilities? These are typical questions the applicants for solicitor training contract have in mind. Depending on your practice group, the kind...

By RoxanneB 19 Jul 2022 6 min read

How to bag yourself work when you are a Paralegal

If you are wondering what to do next because you have been made redundant during the corona virus crisis, or perhaps the time off has made you rethink your career path – then how about a career...

By RoxanneB 18 Jul 2022 5 min read

Making the case for Regulated Qualifications and Regulation for Paralegals

One of the most difficult issues to reconcile in the legal services sector is the extensive statutory regulation for solicitors, barristers and chartered legal executives. Each of these professions ha...

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By RoxanneB 18 Jul 2022 6 min read

The need to strive for an Inclusive Legal Services Sector rather than being divisive and incohesive

So many changes have affected the legal services sector over the last 30 years, that if my parents were alive (both of whom were lawyers), they would not recognise any of it! Discussions ma...

By RoxanneB 18 Jul 2022 7 min read

What Paralegals cannot and must not do when offering their services to consumers

With the opening up of legal services to consumers, giving them the opportunity to attain access to justice at a reasonable cost, more and more paralegals are gaining Licences to Practise and opening...

By RoxanneB 30 Nov 2021 6 min read

5 misconceptions about being a paralegal

The term “paralegal” originated in the USA. Since then, it’s been widely adopted in many countries, including the UK. It’s also widely misunderstood by the general pu...

By RoxanneB 26 Oct 2021 6 min read

What does legal tech mean for the legal profession?

In this article, our partners ILSPA (The Institute of Legal Secretaries and PA’s) will consider some of the latest IT innovations affecting the profession. Law firms and government...

By RoxanneB 24 Aug 2021 7 min read

Can a lawyer specialise in more than one area of law?

Most lawyers, especially those who have been practicing law for some time, tend to be naturally drawn to one particular type of law over another. And for many, such a preference has been det...

By RoxanneB 07 Jul 2021 7 min read

Professor of law shares hopes for the future of the legal industry

Russell Sandberg is a Professor of Law at Cardiff University, we recently caught up with Russell who shared with us his hopes for the future of the legal industry and the highlights, and challenges he...

By RoxanneB 23 Jun 2021 6 min read

M&S v Aldi: The battle of the caterpillar cake

Our partners, The Student Lawyer cover the legal side of the viral dispute between M&S and ALDI over the infamous caterpillar cake, by author Afeefa Salehmohamed. Marks & Spe...

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