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At CLL, our contributors come from a wide range of backgrounds, both legal and non-legal. So, whatever situation you find yourself in, you’ll find the best possible advice and insight here.

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Managing teams across jurisdictions and cultures

By Angus M Haig on 28/02/2018

This is a great article and, having had extensive experience in the field of cross-cultural and cross-jurisdictional team leadership I recognise the importance of all the points it makes. To mirror the structure of the piece, I’ve added my thoughts and insights.

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Horizon Scanning - non-legal sources

By Bruce Macmillan on 14/02/2018

Lawyers are trained to: 1: try to ascertain facts; 2: apply or interpret relatively clear and certain texts - statute, case law, regulations guidance notes etc – to those facts; and 3: explain how the facts and the texts interact.

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2018: Will AI and automation meet a Concorde moment?

By Bruce Macmillan on 09/02/2018

15 years ago, when the Concorde passenger jet was retired, in some eyes the World got slower. The idea that a certain form of transport technology was good, exciting - even magical - receded and the World consciously chose to do less and more slowly than it was technically capable of.

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Is technology already ahead of our abilities?

By Bruce Macmillan on 06/02/2018

Automated Regulatory and Contractual Compliance – is the technology already ahead of our ability to work out what we want to programme it to do?

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The unsustainable GC - preaching to others but not practising it "at home"?

By Bruce Macmillan on 30/01/2018

The unsustainable GC - preaching to others but not practising it "at home"?

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The Power of Mentoring

By Bjarne P. Tellmann on 15/01/2018

Our legal department recently launched an innovative mentoring program for college students and recent graduates with disabilities, some of who were interested in pursuing a legal career.

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