A review about the service provided by solicitors to the public Published 5 April 2019 Executive summary Buying and selling a property is often the most expensive and important financial commitment a person makes in their life. Having access to reliable and good quality legal support really matters. It not only reduces stress and uncertainty,…
The Centre for Ethics and Law in the UCL Faculty of Laws is undertaking a fundamental review of the current regulatory framework for legal services, led by Honorary Professor Stephen Mayson. The independent review is intended to explore the longer-term and related issues raised by the 2016 Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) market study, which concluded that the legal services sector…
September 22 – 27, 2019 | Seoul, South Korea At IBA 2019, you will access the one of the world’s best networking and business development events for lawyers and law firms. This event attracts over 6,000 individuals representing over 2,700 law firms, corporations, governments, and regulators from over 130 jurisdictions. In addition, you will: Build…
April 4, 2019 | Stanford, California CodeX FutureLaw 2019 at Stanford University focuses on the way technology is changing the legal profession and the law itself, and the way these changes affect us all. CodeX FutureLaw 2019 brings together the academics, entrepreneurs, lawyers, investors, policymakers, and engineers spearheading the tech-driven transformation of our legal system….
Data has always been a foundational part of the practice of law. However, the convenience, accessibility, and speed of digital mediums is transforming the discipline from within. Law firms are stepping up the plate leveraging their internal data, as well as industry data to make their practice and delivery of services more efficient and effective….
Colorado Supreme Court Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel started developing its lawyer self-assessment program more than two years ago, immediately after a seminal workshop on proactive, risk-based regulation at the 41st ABA National Conference of Professional Responsibility in May 2015. The new resource is a leading facet of a larger shift toward proactive management-based regulation, which aims to…
This month Steve Wilson, founder and Director of Standpoint Decision Support, lends his experience with data analytics and legal regulation to unpack how regulators can better harness data for more effective regulation. By now everyone is familiar with the wave of “big data” that is invading nearly every aspect of private and public life. There are…
Against the background of the emerging debate about personalized law, this book chapter explores how BigData and algorithm-based regulation could fundamentally change the design and structure of legal norms: impersonal law based on typifications could be replaced by a more personalized law, based on “granular legal norms”. We argue that the use of legal typifications which is a hallmark of impersonal law can be conceptualized…
ICLR 2019: Changing societies, changing professions, changing regulation Thursday 5 – Friday 6 September 2019 Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh – The Caledonian This year’s ICLR conference will focus on the the theme of change: How the demands that society has of the legal sector are changing and how the legal profession is itself changing (in terms…
14th Annual Bar Leaders’ Conference 22-23 May 2019 Corinthia, Budapest, Hungary A conference presented by the IBA Bar Issues Commission, supported by the Budapest Bar Association and the Hungarian Bar Association Once again, this key event will bring together delegates from around the globe to discuss the latest developments and thorny issues affecting the legal…
