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NLJ this week: Talent champions

30 April 2021
Issue: 7930 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Equality
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It is time to prioritise skills over background when it comes to the next generation of legal professionals, writes CILEX chair Chris Bones in this week’s NLJ

For too long now, the legal profession has placed outsized importance on a limited number of routes to qualification, thereby excluding thousands of potentially outstanding candidates. In order to ‘unleash all the talents at our disposal’, writes Bones, we must ‘sweep away barriers to opportunity in both educational access and routes to employment’.

An alternative option is on the way in the form of the new CILEX Professional Qualification (CPQ)— with no pre-requisites for certain qualifications or experience, it is open to anyone with the right talent and attitude.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC

NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC

A good book, a glass of chilled Albarino, and being creative for pleasure help Liz McGrath balance the rigours of complex bundles and being Head of Chambers

Burges Salmon—Matthew Hancock-Jones

Burges Salmon—Matthew Hancock-Jones

Firm welcomes director in its financial services financial regulatory team

Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn

Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn

Partner appointment in firm’s equity capital markets team

NEWS

Walkers and runners will take in some of London’s finest views at the 16th annual charity event

Law school partners with charity to give free assistance to litigants in need

Could the Labour government usher in a new era for digital assets, ask Keith Oliver, head of international, and Amalia Neenan FitzGerald, associate, Peters & Peters, in this week’s NLJ

An extra bit is being added to case citations to show the pecking order of the judges concerned. Former district judge Stephen Gold has the details, in his ‘Civil way’ column in this week’s NLJ

The Labour government’s position on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is not yet clear

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