Spread peace, love and joy

Lawyers in Local Government’s newly appointed president, Rachel McKoy, speaks to Adam Carey about her journey to becoming a lawyer, stark differences she noticed between working in central and local government, and her aims for improving LLG’s offering during her tenure. Read more

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Mar 08, 2024

LLG urges members to vote in contested elections

LLG (Lawyers in Local Government) is calling on members to vote for candidates in respect of a number of contested seats, including for the organisation's next Deputy Vice President.
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Delivering the Procurement Act

Janet Lewis explains the role played by lawyers at the Government Legal Department in progressing the Government’s procurement reforms.

Reflections on the SQE

Having recently passed the SQE2, Susan Desfontaines sets out some of the lessons she learned from the process.

A guide to writing legal implications

A local government legal practitioner can expect from time to time to be asked to contribute to a committee report and obviously this can be a challenge to get it right. Yet appropriate legal comments are key to sound governance, writes Paul Feild.
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The productivity puzzle

Local government legal departments are struggling with increased workloads, recruitment is increasingly difficult and external advice is expensive. Yet the movement toward shared services and alternative business structures is abating while spending on legal technology remains anaemic. Derek Bedlow looks at what the results of the Legal Department of the Future survey mean for council legal teams.

The race for talent

The recruitment market for qualified local government lawyers is the tightest that it has been for years. At a time when council legal teams are busier than ever it is putting a severe strain on legal department management writes Derek Bedlow.

Reasons to be cheerful

Lawyers in local government are happier than most other professionals, according to this year’s survey. Derek Bedlow looks into why they are reporting record levels of satisfaction with their work and outlines areas where working conditions can still be improved.

The best of times, the worst of times

Local government lawyers are in demand like never before, but this creates many additional pressures on legal teams. To try to find some solutions to the issues identified by the survey, Local Government Lawyer convened some of the country’s most experienced local government lawyers to a roundtable session, held at the Charles Dickens Museum in London. Derek Bedlow reports.
 

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Recruitment Market Report 2021

Using data from over 2000 local authority legal jobs published on Public Law Jobs between 2017 and 2020, Adam Carey reports on how local government lawyers' salaries and council recruitment fared over the course of last year, broken down by region, practice area and role.

Wellbeing session 5: Vicarious trauma

Mary Jackson, of LawCare, leads a discussion aimed at helping local government lawyers develop self-awareness regarding the importance of their mental fitness, with a particular focus on learning to recognise and cope with the occupational risk of Vicarious Trauma.

Wellbeing session 4: Reflections on leadership

Amardeep Gill speaks to Gareth Edmundson, Chief Executive at Cheltenham Borough Council. The pair discuss authentic leadership, including Gareth's experience of depression and anxiety and how this has shaped his approach to working with others.

Wellbeing session 3: My wellbeing strategy workshop

Lawyers in Local Government hosts a webinar discussing wellbeing techniques for legal professionals. Yvonne Oakenfull of Shoosmiths explores some of the components of wellbeing and what it might mean to you.