News stories, articles and events that may be of interest to our community of legal regulators.
The State Bar of California seeks to address projected budget shortfall with license fee increase
The State Bar of California’s Board of Trustees addressed significant budget challenges during their January meeting, planning to request a licensing fee increase for 2025…The Bar Council of India’s proposal to permit practice by foreign lawyers and law firms in India hits a roadblock
In February, the Delhi High Court accepted a petition challenging the BCI’s March 2023 rules published in the India Law Gazette permitting limited practice by…The Legal Services Board of England and Wales is running a Reshaping Legal Services Conference in March 2024
The Legal Services Board of England and Wales is running a Reshaping Legal Services Conference on 7 March 2024, below is an abridged version of…Solicitors Regulation Authority of England and Wales launches a review of consumer protection
The SRA has initiated a comprehensive review of consumer protection measures in response to the emergence of new risks in the legal sector. The review…People centred justice initiative in Kenya attempts to bridge the access to justice gap
Pathfinders, an access to justice umbrella civil society organisation based at New York University has published a report on Kenya’s alternative justice system. The global…February feature: On-going regulatory reform
This month’s feature looks at a few of the jurisdictions currently engaging in a review of the legislative framework for the regulation of legal services.…