Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Country: United Kingdom Regulatory function: The SRA is the regulator of admission, practice and discipline for solicitors. It also authorises and monitors law firms. Further information: SRA website ICLR members:
Australia’s uniform framework for a common legal services market
marketThe Legal Profession Uniform Framework is designed to be applied by any Australian State or Territory to establish a common legal services market. New South Wales and Victoria adopted it from 1 July 2015, and other jurisdictions are encouraged to join the scheme and will be able to do so without the need for changes…
Innovations in the provision of legal services in the United States
In a report for the RAND Corporation, Neil Rickman and James M. Anderson present a framework for examining legal sector innovation in the United States. This framework is to aid policymakers in understanding the likely effects of innovations and the role of regulation in promoting or deterring innovation. RAND Corporation. “Innovations in the Provision of Legal Services in…
Irrational behaviour as a rationale for regulation
Should regulators intervene on the ground that it’s for the consumer’s own good, even if the consumer doesn’t know it? In the Journal of Policy Analysis & Management, a series of articles puts the pros and cons of this approach, which seeks to intervene to address “costs we impose on ourselves by taking actions that are not in our…
Costs of regulation in England and Wales
The Legal Services Board found little evidence on the costs of legal sector regulation, so in late 2014 it surveyed the regulated community and in 2015 it commissioned a study of the incremental costs of regulation – those incurred to comply with legal regulation. Categories of regulatory cost in the studies include: Requirements to…
Innovation in legal services
The Solicitors Regulation Authority surveyed 1,500 organisations and concluded: Alternative Business Structures (ABSs) have succeeded in promoting innovation and diversity; ABS Solicitors are 13-15 per cent more likely to introduce new legal services. Solicitors are, on average, more innovative than other regulated legal services organisations in terms of both managerial and organisational changes. 80 per…
Law Society of Upper Canada
Law Society of Upper Canada Jurisdiction: Ontario Country: Canada Regulatory function: The Law Society is the regulator of admission, practice and discipline in Ontario. Further information: Law Society website ICLR members:
Federation of Law Societies of Canada
Federation of Law Societies of Canada Jurisdiction: Canada Country: Canada Regulatory function: The Federation of Law Societies of Canada (the Federation) is the national coordinating body for Canada’s 14 provincial and territorial law societies. It leads in the development of national standards of regulation and mutual recognition of qualifications between jurisdictions. Further information: Federation website…
International Conference of Legal Regulators 2015
Toronto, Canada | 27–28 July 2015 | Building Blocks to Better Regulation ICLR 2015 Conference Program The 4th International Conference of Legal Regulators focused on the needs of legal regulators in a rapidly shifting legal services market. Topics included: Lawyer Trust Accounts: Is there a Better System? Lessons Learned from Canada’s Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement…
International Conference of Legal Regulators 2014
London, UK | 8–9 July 2014 ICLR 2014 Conference Program Topics included: entity regulation outcomes-focused regulation non-lawyer ownership of legal practices the influence of new technology how to shape the lawyers of the future