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Regulator Reviews Research
published on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:46
For the last three months the legal services market and legal profession has has a new regulator, the Legal Services Board (LSB). The LSB has been radical, fresh and stimulating in its approach to its tasks. (You can see its business plan here.) Under the Legal Services Act 2007 the legal profession (and market) is being shaken up in ways never before envisaged and the LSB has an important role ... [read more]
Who's Mr Stupid?
published on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:15
 (Thanks to FT) Buying something on Amazon the other day got me a free credit card. The lure was a discount and free delivery there and then. I'll take it and stick it in a drawer. The card is due to come in a week. No card but a text message telling me to call to activate my card. Then I get a call from the Bank of America, whose card it is. Why haven't you activated your new wonderful credit ... [read more]
"The Power of Yes" (or the Fear of Saying No)
published on Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:31
In the Power of Yes a playwright tries to find out the causes and explanation for the financial crisis. David Hare populates the stage with bankers, hedge fund managers, MPs, lawyers, journalists and the occasional journalist. (Background pack here which includes a good timeline on the crisis.) He asks them why this happened and Myron Scholes "explains" why the Black-Scholes options pricing ... [read more]
How To Get Your PhD
published on Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:25
 (Thanks to Dion)  I am starting some work on analyzing the Bar and barristers with a young researcher at Manchester University, Anna Zimdars. Her research is in the field of equal opportunity and social justice issues in higher education and employment. I got to know her at the SLSA conference last year--which I posted about--when her paper was one of the few bright moments among some dire ... [read more]
So It's Hard to Get a Blog Right....
published on Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:35
(Thanks New Yorker) ... [read more]

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  1. Transformation of Access to Law and Justice in UK on 15th December 2009
    A new paper for a conference in Portugal on access to justice in the UK on legal aid's 60th birthday. Available under the "In Progress" button on the left. Or at SSRN.com
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    I have put a new paper, Betting the System, reviewing Tett's 2009 book on the financial crisis. You can find it in "In Progress" on the left.
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