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June 1, 2021 | 6:31 pm
Part 1
Those who are trying to fathom the future of work after the pandemic are focusing inordinately on the technical and technological aspects of work. There is much talk about remote work (work from home), hybrid work (a combination of working at home and at the office), the digitalization of communications and transactions, acceleration of the so-called Industrial Revolution 4.0 (Artificial Intelligence, robotization, Internet of Things, Big Data), etc. We should not forget, however, that work is, first and foremost, a human activity. As St. John Paul II wrote in his encyclical “On Human Work”:
“Through work man must earn his daily bread and contribute to the continual advance of science and technology and, above all, to elevating unceasingly the cultural and moral level of the society within which he lives in community with those who belong to the same family. And work means any activity by man, whether manual or i
UK Supreme Court launches paid internships
31 May 2021
UK Supreme Court launches paid internships
UK s highest court launches internship programme for aspiring lawyers intended to encourage greater diversity at the Bar
The Supreme Court in London Shutterstock The UK Supreme Court has announced a paid internship programme for future barristers, with candidates drawn from communities underrepresented at the Bar. A joint collaboration with Bridging the Bar, a charity that works to improve equal opportunities and diversity at the Bar, the internships will allow eight candidates selected by the charity to undertake a five-day placement at the Supreme Court. At present, all of the court’s existing judges are white and only two are women, with only 4% of the senior judiciary (drawn from the High Court and above) from black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) groups. As of 2020, 14.4% of barristers were drawn from BAME groups, and only 8% of silks. The 2011 census recorded 14% of