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Sep 2025
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Christina Blacklaws, Pt 1: leadership, i...

The Legal 500
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Will Tolcher, Global Bar Editor of Legal 500, speaks with Christina Blacklaws – former president of the Law Society of England and Wales and chair of the Lawtech UK panel – about her roles in pioneering legal practices, steering the profession through tumultuous times, and the evolution of the solicitors’ profession. 
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