This session will examine attitudes to plagiarism amongst students and junior lawyers, and the challenges it represents to the profession. Many students now see "copy and paste" as a legitimate means of preparing assessments, and this can bleed into their approach to practise as lawyers. While such an approach may be efficient, if done excessively and without proper attribution, it represents an academic offence of plagiarism. In a practice context, it represents unethical practice and potentially significant breach of copyright. It also demonstrates a lack of the ability to articulate ideas and themes in the lawyer’s own words, basic communications skills needed at all professional levels. How should law firms and universities deal with this worrying new mindset and potentially unethical practice - do we need to be more accepting of such new approaches and, if not, how can we effectively control this rapidly escalating problem?