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    Should law firms be worried about the 'Big Four’?
    Rohit Sandhu
    • Mar 23
    • 3 min

    Should law firms be worried about the 'Big Four’?

    Near the end of the twentieth century, the ‘Big Five’ accounting firms attempted to expand their operations to compete in the legal...
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    ‘Like brands, only cheaper’: the problem with copycat products
    Alice Hart
    • Mar 22
    • 5 min

    ‘Like brands, only cheaper’: the problem with copycat products

    Aldi’s long-running advertising campaign, ‘Like brands, only cheaper’, hints at its business model: creating copycat products. In 2021...
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    An Introduction to Pro Bono
    Wingkiu Leung
    • Mar 19
    • 4 min

    An Introduction to Pro Bono

    Nowadays, many law firms undertake pro bono initiatives as a way to give back to the community.
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    Artificial Intelligence: Is there a future for lawyers?
    Will Horsfield
    • Mar 10
    • 4 min

    Artificial Intelligence: Is there a future for lawyers?

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already in place in many law firms. Remarkable advancements in AI technology have cast doubt upon the...
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    Clamping Down on Big Tech: The Digital Markets Act
    Amal Malik
    • Feb 18
    • 4 min

    Clamping Down on Big Tech: The Digital Markets Act

    While the EU works towards regulating the market power of Big Tech companies through new legislation, the Biden administration has tried...
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    DLA Piper’s ‘Law for Linguists’ panel: language degrees, transferable skills, and global mindsets
    Will Horsfield
    • Feb 15
    • 4 min

    DLA Piper’s ‘Law for Linguists’ panel: language degrees, transferable skills, and global mindsets

    On Tuesday 8th February, UCL’s Law for All Society was pleased to welcome DLA Piper to host a ‘Law for Linguists’ panel which offered...
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    Breaking down the buzzword – commercial awareness
    UCL Law for All Society
    • Feb 14
    • 4 min

    Breaking down the buzzword – commercial awareness

    ‘Commercial awareness’ is a ubiquitous buzzword when it comes to applications for vacation schemes and training contracts. This blog post...
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    Event Review: Legal Cheek and the SQE
    Alice Hart
    • Feb 12
    • 4 min

    Event Review: Legal Cheek and the SQE

    On January 27th 2021, UCL’s Law for All Society was delighted to welcome Aishah Hussain, features editor at Legal Cheek, for a virtual...
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    The Fight for Vaccine Equality
    Wingkiu Leung
    • Feb 2
    • 4 min

    The Fight for Vaccine Equality

    Introduction In the midst of a global pandemic affecting millions of lives, there have been calls for a patent waiver for COVID-19...
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    Private Equity in 2022 – a brief outlook
    Jacob Weeks
    • Jan 25
    • 4 min

    Private Equity in 2022 – a brief outlook

    Abstract The Private Equity (PE) boom of 2021 shows no signs of slowing down in 2022. What is the general outlook for private equity in...
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    The Mastercard Class Action Case: An Update
    Alice Hart
    • Dec 10, 2021
    • 5 min

    The Mastercard Class Action Case: An Update

    Last December, I wrote a blog article regarding the ongoing Mastercard class action case. One year later, this post will look at the...
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    Algorithms: More Harm than Good?
    Wingkiu Leung
    • Dec 3, 2021
    • 4 min

    Algorithms: More Harm than Good?

    Introduction The advent of advanced technology introduced a world that could not be governed by laws relating to matters in the physical...
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    The EV revolution: the driving force behind the automotive M&A boom
    Will Horsfield
    • Nov 25, 2021
    • 4 min

    The EV revolution: the driving force behind the automotive M&A boom

    M&A activity in the auto industry is currently higher than ever before, with manufacturers looking to take advantage of the electric...
    170 views0 comments
    Investor-State Dispute Settlement – an uncertain future?
    Jacob Weeks
    • Nov 15, 2021
    • 5 min

    Investor-State Dispute Settlement – an uncertain future?

    What is Investor-State Dispute Settlement? Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) is a system through which investors can take legal...
    22 views0 comments
    Your Guide to COP26
    Amal Malik
    • Nov 12, 2021
    • 3 min

    Your Guide to COP26

    As the COP26 climate summit reaches its end, negotiators are working rampantly to reach a consensus on the final works to be published at...
    16 views0 comments
    Suspending Competition Law – what’s it oil about?
    Alice Hart
    • Nov 4, 2021
    • 4 min

    Suspending Competition Law – what’s it oil about?

    On 26 September 2021, in the midst of panic buying at fuel pumps, the UK government enacted the Downstream Oil Protocol. This consisted...
    21 views0 comments
    UCL Law for All Society
    • Nov 3, 2021
    • 2 min

    Meet the team!

    Before we start to publish our blog articles, we would like to introduce you to the editorial team this year! Senior Blog Editor Alice...
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    UCL Law for All Society
    • Oct 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    Welcome back!

    Welcome (back) to a new year at UCL! In particular, welcome (back) to the LfA blog! My name is Alice. You may remember me from writing...
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    A Space Odyssey
    UCL Law for All Society
    • Mar 25, 2021
    • 3 min

    A Space Odyssey

    2020 was a historic year in a number of ways. However, the rise of commercial space flight has been greatly overlooked.
    50 views0 comments
    The Russian Legal Industry:  Challenges and opportunities
    UCL Law for All Society
    • Mar 11, 2021
    • 6 min

    The Russian Legal Industry: Challenges and opportunities

    This article is an introduction to the Russian legal market and will cover some of the challenges and opportunities faced by lawyers.
    81 views0 comments
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