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• Central College; Centre for Excellence in Paralegal Training
  Becoming a paralegal can be a great opportunity for staff and your practice and Central College offers opportunities to qualify in the three main areas:
  
  
• Week on the Web - English Gossip 07 09 10
  Extension to family legal aid contracts, new Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme launched, LawWorks launches 100th pro bono legal advice clinic and new Law Commissioner appointed.
  
  
• To Tweet or Not To Tweet?
  Some law firms are cynical about using social media channels such as Facebook or Twitter to promote their work, whereas others are embracing them. In this short video Michelle Hynes McIlroy, otherwise known as LegaleagleMHM, outlines some of the practical benefits for both law firms and law students of getting engaged on Twitter.
  
  
• Week on the Web - Scottish Gossip 02 09 10
  Appointment of Queen's Counsel, Livingston solicitor elected to Law Society Board and Anderson Strathern announces partner retirement.
  
  
• Biggart Baillie: TUPE - Service Provisions Changes
  The case of Ward Hadaway Solicitors ("Ward") v Love & Others has decided that there is no 'service provision change' and therefore, no TUPE transfer where contracts for future services are awarded to a new service provider and where no work in progress is transferred.