The Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society is building a new model of regulating legal services as part of its strategic plan for 2013-2016. This paper, Transforming Regulation and Governance in the Public Interest, summarizes the results of extensive research in support of this work. Transforming Regulation
Innovating Regulation – Prairie Law Societies discussion paper
This discussion paper focusses on entity regulation, compliance-based regulation, and alternative business structures. It reviews experiences in Canada, Australia, England and Wales, and the United States of America. The paper suggests that there is a gap between the regulatory frameworks of the three states and the requirements of the current legal services market. The discussion…
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…