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Risk Regulation for the Legal Profession
Winds of change are blowing over the legal profession. Yet, compared to other professions and industries, legal services regulation remains very much a laggard. For…Lawyers as Professionals and as Citizens: Key Roles and Responsibilities in the 21st Century
This essay, published by the Center on the Legal Profession at Harvard Law School, presents a practical vision of the responsibilities of lawyers as both…What We Know and Need to Know About Global Lawyer Regulation
This article is one of a series addressing the American Bar Association’s Commission on the Future of Legal Services, and is intended to provide a…Vulnerable consumers
A qualitative study of how consumers with mental health problems and dementia experience legal services published by the Legal Services Board (LSB), England and Wales.…Opportunities for law firms to tackle unmet legal need
The opportunities for law firms to reach out to potential clients are outlined in a new paper published by the SRA. Improving access – tackling…Centralised assessment seen widening choice, lowering barriers
Proposals to centralise the assessment of would-be solicitors in England and Wales are highly likely to increase the number, and broaden the range, of training…UK study probes access, quality and costs in family law
Most solicitors practising family law in England and Wales appear to be providing services in line with expected standards, according to recently published research. The…Research on client care letters
Research by Optimisa commissioned by the legal regulators in England and Wales finds that client care letters – letters sent to clients to explain the…