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Bare essentials: why students should get involved in pro bono

Pro bono work places volunteers in front of real clients and allows them to develop practical legal skills — and it should form a vital part of law students' education, says Emma Goodwin

Tales from practice | Reboot successful

Richard Barr receives a panic report involving some dead beef

Costs ABS enters administration

Manchester-based Just Costs Solicitors has gone into administration, according to reports today.

Such a lonely word: reinventing honesty

Honesty seems to pop up ever more frequently in the context of client service, but what do we actually mean, asks Alan Larkin

Price transparency: it's about the wiggle room

New price transparency requirements have to be a positive development for law firms, but there is still an issue about unexpected costs, says Russell Conway

MoJ confirms scope of fixed costs pilot

The fable of the boiling frog

Partners in legal aid firms are feeling the heat but, thanks to the government, can't get out of the simmering pot, explains Steve Billot

The power of leadership in legal practices

Firms too often make the mistake of filling leadership roles based on seniority rather than the ability to take the business forward, writes David Cliff