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2018 Conference Preview: Impact of International Lawyer Organisations on Regulation
Impact of International Lawyer Organisations on Regulation Synopsis This session explores how international lawyer organisations try to improve lawyer regulation and what the effects are.…2018 Conference Preview: Good Lawyers Making Bad Decisions
Good Lawyers Making Bad Decisions: Using Risk-focused Regulation to Support the Good and Prevent the Bad Synopsis This session explores risk factors and indicators of…2018 Conference Preview: The Implications of AI on Legal Regulators and How They Use It
The Implications of AI on Legal Regulators and How They Use It Synopsis This session will consider how regulators can prepare for the growing use…2018 Conference Preview: Defining quality and competence in legal services
Defining Quality and Competence in Legal Services Synopsis The session will touch upon the way the quality of the profession is benchmarked, assessed or measured.…2018 Conference Preview: Moving client trust funds away from lawyers to a third party
Moving Client Trust Funds Away from Lawyers to a Third Party Synopsis This session will explore whether the fiduciary duty to safeguard client trust funds…2018 Conference Preview: The legal regulator’s role in combating Money Laundering and FATF mutual evaluation
The legal regulator’s role in combating Money Laundering and FATF mutual evaluation Synopsis The fourth round of mutual evaluations by the FATF is ongoing and…2018 Conference Preview: Trust & Transparency
Trust and Transparency – Friday 5 October 2018 Synopsis To present the challenges presented by the expectation of members of the public who use legal…Legal Innovation is the Rage, But There’s Plenty of Resistance
Mark Cohen writes for Forbes that “The staid legal industry is smitten by “innovation,” even as it lacks a common definition how the term applies…Former Nigerian Bar President states Body of Benchers is ill-equipped to regulate legal profession
The immediate past President of the Nigerian Bar Association, A. B Mahmoud, SAN, has said the Body of Benchers was ill-equipped to regulate the affairs…NEW! ICLR Digital Content Group on ICLR.net
ICLR.net is excited to announce our new membership group for Digital Content. Join our group and post your legal regulation & legal profession news, events,…Singapore’s Ministry of Law Accepts Recommendation to Strengthen Professional Training of Lawyers
The Ministry of Law (MinLaw) announced on 30 August 2018 that it has accepted in principle the recommendations of the Committee for the Professional Training…Event: 2018 Legislative Drafting Conference
13-14 September 2018 The Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice is hosting its bi-annual Legislative Drafting Conference – “Charting Legislative Courses in a Complex…