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The Law Society of Scotland proposes reforms to legal services regulation
The Law Society of Scotland has called for wide-ranging reforms that will allow it to keep pace with global developments within the sector and improve…ICLR conference 2018 update: help design the programme
As announced at the end of last year, the 7th annual ICLR conference is taking place in The Hague between 3 – 5 October, 2018. The…Proactive management-based regulation: update from the US
Technology was very much a topic of conversation at the 2017 ICLR Meeting in Singapore. Regulators are using technology to help them better focus their…The venue for the 2018 ICLR is…the Hague, the Netherlands
Congratulations to the Netherlands Bar Association. Their invitation to the Hague won the most votes in our recent survey which means that they will be…LSB open consultation: share your views
The Legal Services Board (England and Wales) has launched a consultation paper seeking input and comment on their proposed three-year strategy (2018 – 2021) and business…Legal Services Regulation at the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society: a progress update
The journey to Legal Services Regulation (LSR) has taken a major step with the November 17, 2017 approval by Council of several regulatory amendments to…Singapore 2017: from the perspective of a conference attendee
We asked Tracy Kepler Director, ABA Center for Professional Responsibility and recent ICLR Singapore attendee, to share some of her conference highlights with us. What was…Quality assurance and standards in legal services – professional competence, advocacy standards and consumer protection
Morning, Wednesday, 29th November 2017, Sixty One Whitehall, London SW1A 2ET This seminar will focus on the priorities for ensuring quality and upholding standards in the legal…Innovation in the legal services market – regulation, competition and technology
Morning, Wednesday, 24th January 2018, Central London This seminar will consider the priorities for the legal profession and wider stakeholders in responding to upcoming regulatory and technological…CCBE Training conference: Brussels, 14 December 2017
The CCBE Training conference will take place on 14 December 2017 in Brussels at the L42 Business Centre (Rue de la Loi 42, 1040, Brussels).…Save the Date: NOBC Mid-Year Meeting January 31 – February 4, 2018
The NOBC’s mid-year meeting will take place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The National Organization of Bar Counsel (NOBC) is a non-profit organization of legal…International Conference of Legal Regulators 2017: Keynote address
Keynote address by Senior Minister of State for Law and Finance Ms Indranee Rajah SC Mr Gregory Vijayendran, President, Law Society of Singapore, distinguished guests,…ICLR 2017 Panel: How to manage exit from the profession?
Topic How to manage exit from the profession? In some jurisdictions demographics point to a rapidly ageing profession with concomitant problems of inability or unwillingness…ICLR 2017 Panel: Legal Regulation in the Age of Data
A synopsis of panel session 1, which takes place on 5 October at ICLR Singapore, kindly provided by the session’s moderator, Jane Malcolm, Executive Director,…ICLR 2017 Panel: Managing CPD
Topic Managing CPD – what does success look like? Facilitator: Christine Grice, Executive Director, New Zealand Law Society The general high level aim of a Continuing Professional Development framework (CPD framework) is to lay down formal requirements for ongoing maintenance and development of the knowledge and skills of lawyers. The ideal output is the demonstrable maintenance and development of competence throughout a lawyer’s career. The measurement of success using that output poses considerable difficulties. The models of CPD adopted in our jurisdictions vary considerably. The early models of CPD were introduced over 30 years ago. Their focus then was on measuring simple inputs. The measurement for success was the number of hours (or points) that the lawyer accumulated attending CPD sessions. The CPD was usually required to be provided by accredited or credentialed providers in substantive law topics. The regulator approved the providers. In more recent times the emphasis has moved away from the number of hours or points of CPD undertaken to the actual engagement by the lawyer in the development of skills and knowledge and so supporting their competence development. The individual takes responsibility for planning and implementing professional development to meet their own identified specific learning needs. The aim of this model is to support the lawyer to maintain competence in their chosen areas of the law. The lawyer must consider and distil the objectives that will support their goals, plan their CPD needs and implement the identified development requirements by engaging in CPD activities. This is usually effected through the preparation of a CPD plan by the lawyer. It is regularly reviewed by the individual and adjusted as the professional development is effected and the lawyer’s needs are fulfilled or replaced. Educationalists consider the planning approach more effective in achieving real learning, than …ICLR 2017 Panel: Managing the interface with other regulators
Topic Managing the interface with other regulators: whether it is lawyers, who provide financial services in a firm that need to be regulated, or co-regulators…