Hummingbird
I have recently started my training contract specialising in family law, after over two years of working as a paralegal in the area of family law/legal aid. With uncertainty rife and huge changes taking place left, right and centre within both family law and legal aid, I will aim to provide an honest insight into work on the other side of the fence.
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I'm currently en route to a final hearing for a man whom I've been representing since 2010.
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As I mentioned in a previous blog, I am currently completing a placement: one day per week with a firm specialising in criminal and mental health law.
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As I am completing my training contract at a specialist family law firm, it is necessary for me to complete a placement elsewhere to ensure that I get experience in other areas.
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A bill is currently being considered by the House of Lords concerning whether gay marriage should be legalised.
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Following the 10% fee cuts which were introduced to legally-aided work this month, we are still being pushed as hard as ever.
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I am a dedicated, hardworking and passionate individiual who is breaking my back (and my bank balance) in order to help the most vulnerable people in our society.
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Sir Paul Coleridge, High Court Judge, has started a campaign to encourage parents to work at their relationships and to mend the marriages rather than end them.
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The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has begun a consultation to decide whether the minimum salary for trainee solicitors should be abolished.
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2012 is sure to be another incredibly hard year in our line of work, most notably with the 10% cuts looming over us.
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Life as a family lawyer becomes increasingly busy in the run up to Christmas, as we resolve contact disputes and determine who will have the rugrats over Christmas, and when.
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New figures have been released revealing how many training contracts were registered last year compared to how many people enrolled on the LPC.
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The results of the latest legal aid bid round were recently published, although the word on the street seems much quieter and subdued than following the last bid round.
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I am turning 25 today and finally starting my training contract tomorrow, meaning that I will qualify on my 27th birthday.
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All office-dwellers should beware the caffeine-clashes and brewing resentments that can result from kitchen kettle politics...
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Achieving the elusive work/life balance; a feat I'm not 100% sure I've managed yet.
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Today has been a day of difficult clients. While I'm busy at court on a 10-day combined finding-of-fact and final-care hearing, another of my nightmare clients has had a one-day interim contested hearing in relation to contact.
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I was recently asked whether judges ever just absolutely let rip and tell clients exactly what they think of them.
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The Metro printed an article this week about a proposed bill, 'Clare's Law'. Along the same lines as the Sex Offenders Register, this would list all known perpetrators of domestic abuse.
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After a number of recent conversations, I've noticed that a lot of us young lawyers seem to get very itchy feet pretty early on in our careers.
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When I first decided to pursue a career in family law, I didn’t necessarily expect it to be glamorous...
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You forget who you are, what day it is or where you work.
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One of my best friends has just returned from an absolutely amazing work placement in America, working for a huge firm with offices in Arizona and Seattle.
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All of the hoping (and shedloads of hard work!) has finally paid off and I've been given a date to start my training contract - November 2011. Over the moon as I am about this, I'm still that little bit wary that until the day it starts and we've signed on the dotted line, it could still all fall through.
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With the introduction of the new fixed fee scheme this month, keeping our work financially viable looks set to be even more difficult. After having some training, I'm feeling fairly confident that I've got my head around how to jump through the latest set of hoops set by the LSC, but I'm also pretty sure that perfecting it may take a lot of practice!
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