News stories, articles and events that may be of interest to our community of legal regulators.
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,…