Lucinda Soon
@lucindasoon.com
Research and policy on lawyer/judicial ethics, professionalism, and wellbeing. Regulatory lawyer, organisational psychologist, academic applying a social science lens to legal policy and regulation.
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We are delighted to share the latest report from the #PostOffice Project 'Accessing Injustice? Representation and the Criminal Justice System During the Post Office Scandal' by Dr Karen Nokes,Dr Sally Day @richardmoorhead.bsky.social &Prof Rebecca Helm
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Accessing Injustice?
Experiences of representation and the criminal justice system during the Post Office Scandal – by Dr Karen Nokes and the Post Office Project.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
We are delighted to share the latest report from the #PostOffice Project 'Accessing Injustice? Representation and the Criminal Justice System During the Post Office Scandal' by Dr Karen Nokes,Dr Sally Day @richardmoorhead.bsky.social &Prof Rebecca Helm
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/news/ac...
@laws.ucl.ac.uk
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/news/ac...
@laws.ucl.ac.uk
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Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
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"Social science is not just a discipline. It's a way of seeing the world, of asking the questions that matter...Without it, science risks becoming detached from society."
💬 Julia Gillard delivers the Campaign for Social Science Annual Sage Lecture
💬 Julia Gillard delivers the Campaign for Social Science Annual Sage Lecture
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"Social science is not just a discipline. It's a way of seeing the world, of asking the questions that matter...Without it, science risks becoming detached from society."
💬 Julia Gillard delivers the Campaign for Social Science Annual Sage Lecture
💬 Julia Gillard delivers the Campaign for Social Science Annual Sage Lecture
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Today, the #HouseofLords published its awaited report examining the state and quality of the #RuleOfLaw in the UK.
The report highlights with concern the weakening of this foundational value, and calls on Government and politicians to take stronger action to defend it.
The report highlights with concern the weakening of this foundational value, and calls on Government and politicians to take stronger action to defend it.
Rule of law: holding the line between anarchy and tyranny - Committees - UK Parliament
The rule of law in the UK is being weakened, and everyone must take steps to protect it against further erosion, says the House of Lords Constitution Committee.
committees.parliament.uk
November 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Today, the #HouseofLords published its awaited report examining the state and quality of the #RuleOfLaw in the UK.
The report highlights with concern the weakening of this foundational value, and calls on Government and politicians to take stronger action to defend it.
The report highlights with concern the weakening of this foundational value, and calls on Government and politicians to take stronger action to defend it.
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This week on #TheLawShow, we talked Law Under Fire with Mark Evans, President of the #LawSocietyofEngland&Wales, and Charlie Sherrard KC - asking whether increasing political attacks on lawyers and the judiciary for doing their jobs could undermine the rule of law and democracy in the UK.
The Law Show - The law under fire - BBC Sounds
Do political attacks on the law put legal professionals in danger?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This week on #TheLawShow, we talked Law Under Fire with Mark Evans, President of the #LawSocietyofEngland&Wales, and Charlie Sherrard KC - asking whether increasing political attacks on lawyers and the judiciary for doing their jobs could undermine the rule of law and democracy in the UK.
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
It arrived! Very interesting to see the social sciences being considered in relation to judicial work.
November 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It arrived! Very interesting to see the social sciences being considered in relation to judicial work.
I know a fair few lawyers on here from the UK. If your practice brings you into contact with the courts, please spare some time to feed into this. No personal details are asked. Deadline is Sunday 26 October.
eu.research.net/r/surveylawy...
eu.research.net/r/surveylawy...
Survey among lawyers about the independence of judges 2025
Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.
eu.research.net
October 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I know a fair few lawyers on here from the UK. If your practice brings you into contact with the courts, please spare some time to feed into this. No personal details are asked. Deadline is Sunday 26 October.
eu.research.net/r/surveylawy...
eu.research.net/r/surveylawy...
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How our brightest minds get trapped in the City on.ft.com/47ufDbT | opinion
How our brightest minds get trapped in the City
Money is just one reason why graduates are drawn to finance, management consulting and corporate law
on.ft.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:34 AM
How our brightest minds get trapped in the City on.ft.com/47ufDbT | opinion
If you need to know what he had done… www.loweringthebar.net/2024/01/i-he...
October 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
If you need to know what he had done… www.loweringthebar.net/2024/01/i-he...
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“Politically motivated attacks on the legal profession are irresponsible and dangerous,” lawyers' representatives said this week.
For a unique perspective on the challenges facing judges, I spoke to Professor Sir Ross Cranston, about his new book, Judging.
rozenberg.substack.com/p/traducing-...
For a unique perspective on the challenges facing judges, I spoke to Professor Sir Ross Cranston, about his new book, Judging.
rozenberg.substack.com/p/traducing-...
Traducing the judges
Might a new criminal offence help protect judicial independence?
rozenberg.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM
“Politically motivated attacks on the legal profession are irresponsible and dangerous,” lawyers' representatives said this week.
For a unique perspective on the challenges facing judges, I spoke to Professor Sir Ross Cranston, about his new book, Judging.
rozenberg.substack.com/p/traducing-...
For a unique perspective on the challenges facing judges, I spoke to Professor Sir Ross Cranston, about his new book, Judging.
rozenberg.substack.com/p/traducing-...
My article for the Law Institute Journal (LIJ) October 2025 special issue on lawyers’ wellbeing is now available on my Substack. Please have a read and if you can help me grow my audience, I’d be very grateful for a share if you like the article 🙏🏼
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On ethics and wellbeing
Global perspectives on regulating lawyer wellbeing
open.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM
My article for the Law Institute Journal (LIJ) October 2025 special issue on lawyers’ wellbeing is now available on my Substack. Please have a read and if you can help me grow my audience, I’d be very grateful for a share if you like the article 🙏🏼
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Are we growing tired of social media? Have we remembered that there are better ways to spend time (like reading good books)? #AIEthics By @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/a072...
www.ft.com/content/a072...
Have we passed peak social media?
As platforms degrade into outrage and slop, users are turning away
www.ft.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Are we growing tired of social media? Have we remembered that there are better ways to spend time (like reading good books)? #AIEthics By @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/a072...
www.ft.com/content/a072...
For a book proposal review I just completed, the publisher offered me £150 worth of books in return. I’m now browsing their catalogue, compiling my list, and feeling like the luckiest kid in a candy shop. Doesn’t take much.
October 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
For a book proposal review I just completed, the publisher offered me £150 worth of books in return. I’m now browsing their catalogue, compiling my list, and feeling like the luckiest kid in a candy shop. Doesn’t take much.
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An observation test for you - for your inner 8 year-old
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
October 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
An observation test for you - for your inner 8 year-old
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
Dear Sirs,
If you are still doing this, stop it. Updated D&I guidance from the Law Society of England and Wales.
Thank you.
If you are still doing this, stop it. Updated D&I guidance from the Law Society of England and Wales.
Thank you.
October 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Dear Sirs,
If you are still doing this, stop it. Updated D&I guidance from the Law Society of England and Wales.
Thank you.
If you are still doing this, stop it. Updated D&I guidance from the Law Society of England and Wales.
Thank you.
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You can now watch our event discussing #Ethics and #AI and co-hosted with the @middletemple.bsky.social here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOni...
With huge thanks to our speakers: Prof Orla Lynskey, Prof Phillip Morgan, Flora Page KC, Dr Raphael Reims and Alison Cottrell.
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With huge thanks to our speakers: Prof Orla Lynskey, Prof Phillip Morgan, Flora Page KC, Dr Raphael Reims and Alison Cottrell.
@laws.ucl.ac.uk
AI and the Employed Bar: Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges
YouTube video by UCL Laws
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October 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
You can now watch our event discussing #Ethics and #AI and co-hosted with the @middletemple.bsky.social here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOni...
With huge thanks to our speakers: Prof Orla Lynskey, Prof Phillip Morgan, Flora Page KC, Dr Raphael Reims and Alison Cottrell.
@laws.ucl.ac.uk
With huge thanks to our speakers: Prof Orla Lynskey, Prof Phillip Morgan, Flora Page KC, Dr Raphael Reims and Alison Cottrell.
@laws.ucl.ac.uk
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I‘m giving a public talk at UCL on Thurs 16 Oct. The title is “Bureaucracy and distrust: the civil service in the constitution” looking at the civil service’s constitutional foundations, and how it might respond to a populist govt. @sirJJkc.bsky.social will chair!
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
Hybrid | CLP - Bureaucracy and Distrust: The Civil Service in the Constitution
This lecture will be delivered by Dr Ben Yong, as part of the Current Legal Problems Lecture Series 2025-26
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I‘m giving a public talk at UCL on Thurs 16 Oct. The title is “Bureaucracy and distrust: the civil service in the constitution” looking at the civil service’s constitutional foundations, and how it might respond to a populist govt. @sirJJkc.bsky.social will chair!
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
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Don’t miss our live member-only webinar with Niamh Warnock of LawCare on mental health in the legal sector. Learn about key challenges, free support resources, and how to promote wellbeing at work. Book now: www.lifetimelawyers.org.uk/Public/Indus...
September 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Don’t miss our live member-only webinar with Niamh Warnock of LawCare on mental health in the legal sector. Learn about key challenges, free support resources, and how to promote wellbeing at work. Book now: www.lifetimelawyers.org.uk/Public/Indus...
LawCare’s new Life in the Law 2025 report highlights the opportunity to build a legal sector that values its people and protects their mental health and wellbeing at work. This is fundamental to the profession’s ability to administer justice and uphold the rule of law
lawcare.org.uk/life-in-the-...
lawcare.org.uk/life-in-the-...
October 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
LawCare’s new Life in the Law 2025 report highlights the opportunity to build a legal sector that values its people and protects their mental health and wellbeing at work. This is fundamental to the profession’s ability to administer justice and uphold the rule of law
lawcare.org.uk/life-in-the-...
lawcare.org.uk/life-in-the-...
Found myself at a yōkai festival in Kyoto, Japan recently. A land with the most fascinating history and culture. Yōkai are believed to be supernatural entities and spirits in Japanese folklore. This one was just pretty damn cool.
September 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Found myself at a yōkai festival in Kyoto, Japan recently. A land with the most fascinating history and culture. Yōkai are believed to be supernatural entities and spirits in Japanese folklore. This one was just pretty damn cool.
Looks interesting. Digitalisation of justice systems and its implications for the legal profession. Helpful livestream option.
www.ccbe.eu/actions/even...
www.ccbe.eu/actions/even...
CCBE-ELF event 2025 - CCBE
The CCBE and ELF are organising an event on Friday 3 October from 9.00 to 16.00 (CET), in the European Parliament, Brussels.
www.ccbe.eu
September 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Looks interesting. Digitalisation of justice systems and its implications for the legal profession. Helpful livestream option.
www.ccbe.eu/actions/even...
www.ccbe.eu/actions/even...
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We are delighted to share the recording of @stephenmayson.bsky.social UCL lunch hour lecture discussing lawyers and what it means (or should mean) to be acting in a client's best interests.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pa5...
#ProfessionalEthics
#LegalProfession
#BestInterests
@laws.ucl.ac.uk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pa5...
#ProfessionalEthics
#LegalProfession
#BestInterests
@laws.ucl.ac.uk
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
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September 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
We are delighted to share the recording of @stephenmayson.bsky.social UCL lunch hour lecture discussing lawyers and what it means (or should mean) to be acting in a client's best interests.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pa5...
#ProfessionalEthics
#LegalProfession
#BestInterests
@laws.ucl.ac.uk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pa5...
#ProfessionalEthics
#LegalProfession
#BestInterests
@laws.ucl.ac.uk
Really astounded to learn there have been 308 of these cases so far. 140 involved lawyers and 33 referrals to Bars/regulators. 157 were litigants in person. I had no idea there were so many. The number increases almost daily.
AI Hallucination Cases Database – Damien Charlotin
Database tracking legal cases where generative AI produced hallucinated citations submitted in court filings.
www.damiencharlotin.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Really astounded to learn there have been 308 of these cases so far. 140 involved lawyers and 33 referrals to Bars/regulators. 157 were litigants in person. I had no idea there were so many. The number increases almost daily.