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By Rana Fehr | Legal Business Development Manager at RISC Legal Academy

The last opportunity to sit the first stage of the QLTS (MCT) will be January 2020, and the last opportunity to sit the second stage (OSCE) will be May 2020. Therefore

The introduction of the new Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE), possibly as soon as September 2020, will mark the end of the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme (QLTS), the current route to admittance as a solicitor in England and Wales for foreign qualified lawyers.

Presented By: Abdelrahman Magdy

March 2011, Syrian Security forces shot dead peaceful protestors in the southern city of Deraa demanding release of political prisoners[1]. April 2013, the Syrian president Assad is accused of using chemical weapons against the opposition[2]. In March 2018, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed that more than 511,000 people had been killed in the Syrian war since it began in 2011[3]. The number of Total Registered Syrian Refugees has reached 5.5 million refugee around the world[4].

Presented By: Mohamed Mahmoud Safwat 

In 1997 the Egyptian investment law was issued under the title of  Egypt’s Investment Law-No.8 of 1997 which stated in its first article that “the provisions of the attached law shall govern investment guarantees and incentives” until the law was amended in March 2015 in the law decree no. 17 of 2015 This amendment added a new chapter [1]to the investment law under the title “Investment Disputes Settlement” creating an alternative settlement mechanism in investment disputes out-side of courts which was one of the foreign investors biggest concerns.

There is no universally accepted definition for the PPP concept. In fact, the term PPP is sometimes used to mean any form of association or co-operation between the public and private sectors for the purpose of reaching a common goal.

Legal documents are the most important tool of the legal profession. They are mainly created to advocate, inform, persuade and instruct. Although proper drafting of a legal document takes much time and practice, superior legal drafting skills are essential for the lawyers to succeed. Every word in a legal document should accurately reflect the intended meaning and be tailored to the needs of the recipient.

the software cloud is no longer a new, fuzzy idea. Lawyers in masses are adopting cloud computing technologies to power their firms, leveraging browser and mobile app-based services. But which products are emerging as the leaders, the can’t-do-without services? The following are indispensable products.

The written word is one of the most important tools of the legal profession. Words are used to advocate, inform, persuade and instruct. Superior writing skills are essential to success. Polish your legal writing skills through the simple tips below.