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7 Jul 2025

Criminal Solicitors - Are they the unhappiest legal sector?

Criminal solicitors are confronted with some of the most challenging conditions in the legal sector – and it seems like...

7 Jul 2025

What motivates Employment solicitors to leave their roles?

It’s perhaps a contradiction in terms when we talk about Employment solicitors leaving their roles, but it’s also true.

7 Jul 2025

Legal Education Round Up

Over the last quarter, some interesting developments have occurred in the legal education sector.

7 Jul 2025

How happy are Residential Conveyancers?

With spring coming to an end and summer just around the corner, people might be looking at their circumstances and whether they are happy in their current role.

7 Apr 2025

How popular really is hybrid working?

Across news websites and social media, there are comments about whether hybrid working benefits both employers and employees – or hinders them.

20 Jan 2025

What is the top priority for law firm leaders?

Annual billable hours – for many years that has been...

13 Jan 2025

How to make your 2025 Legal dreams come true!

You might be tired of hearing the three words ‘Happy New Year’ by now...

13 Nov 2024

What poor mental health is costing firms...

It’s a subject we’re all very keenly aware of these days – mental health.

5 Nov 2024

Beyond the surface: How law firms are quietly advancing social mobility

Law has traditionally been seen as an elitist profession, something that has taken a long time to shake off...

29 Oct 2024

Which training providers are doing the best out of the SQE?

Often, with the SQE, we are talking about results and how firm...

21 Oct 2024

Black History Month - Is diversity in law improving?

We’ve been highlighting the work of leading BAME lawyers on social media – but has the law sector become more diverse more broadly?

9 Oct 2024

The SQE1 results – October 2024 roundup

We here at Douglas Scott have been following the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) results for some time now...