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In-house legal teams can claim excellence in many respects, and should take advantage of legal awards events to showcase their abilities, as did the Scottish Legal Awards 2013 joint winners

Collaboration can simplify the coming developments in e-conveyancing, and solicitors can play their part in dealings with their software providers and through a new online forum

The fourth in the series asks what is that "something extra" that clients value most

The latest annual report on the Master Policy shows just which areas have been the most significant sources of claims and other intimations

Advice column: my new department colleagues don't seem very sociable

Recent work of the Law Reform Department, including Victims and Witnesses Bill; Revenue Scotland; Women and Work Inquiry

Advice from the Society's Professional Practice team on the rights of assistants and associates starting their own practice, in relation to former clients

An occasional lighter contribution from the less public side of legal practice

Recent developments in the EU, including ADR; small claims; trade marks

New rules on lay representation introduced this month, taken with the other schemes that continue in force, have resulted in an excessively complicated picture that should be simplified

A report on two interactive seminars on employee ownership, which featured discussions between Scottish professionals and US guru on the subject, Mary Ann Beyster

A neat little illustration of how (not) to go about pushing for change if you want people’s goodwill

Proposals for significant amendments to the environmental impact assessment regime that would add to the requirements on developers, are currently under consideration at EU level

Students with an interest in human rights should consider the European Human Rights Moot Court competition, with its final stages held in the Strasbourg court itself

This month's selection of leisure reading chosen by the Journal's Book Review Editor

Giving the state sole jurisdiction over marriage would simplify the law, sidestep human rights pitfalls and free couples to celebrate their wedding however they choose

Reviews of Tomorrow's Lawyers (Susskind); Redgrave's Health & Safety

This month's Law Society of Scotland Council member profile: Kirstie MacNeill (Haddington and Borders districts member)

I have seen for myself the high regard in which Scots law and lawyers are held internationally, but recent Government delays on the ABS front are not helping our reputation

Why some applications to Registers of Scotland are still rejected as faulty, and when the rejection fee may be avoided

A reminder of what RoS's Pre-Registration Enquiry service can do for solicitors, and how it complements other services

He declines to volunteer predictions or to offer management advice, but speaking to the Journal, Brodies’ Bill Drummond, now also chair of the SCDI, leaves some clues for finding business success

Startup legal practices are increasingly turning to the "cloud" for IT support. Will older firms respond? The Journal's latest IT report looks at the issues

Argument that the proposals of the McCluskey expert group on implementing the Leveson report in Scotland will damage the Scottish press