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Exclusive: Large UK law firms 'more effective' at social media than US counterparts

DLA Piper, Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance rank highest overall in the UK Social Law Firm Index

The JLD on the minimum wage abolition: grave, exploitative and exclusive

Tamasin Dorosti, member on the Junior Lawyers Division Executive Committee, talks to Young Lawyer about the harmful effects of abolishing an industry minimum wage and how you can express your opinion

Court refers just 2 per cent of parties to mediation

Family lawyers should be 'incentivised' by government to refer clients to mediation

Public support for cuts to legal aid declines on its 65th anniversary

New president of the Law Society calls cuts "a false economy" while some solicitors ask what there is to celebrate

Four-week suspended sentence for former husband who failed to pay divorce settlement

High Court finds Michael Prest had wilfully refused or neglected to pay maintenance

SJ about town

Meeting the new Law Society president and remembering the fallen

Pre-nups on the up

More clients understand the benefit in preparing pre-nuptial agreements should the worst happen, says Sarah Balfour

Quality, not quantity

The number of training contracts available has risen, yet the calibre of candidates is unremarkable, says Paula McMullan