25 July 2013 Criminal legal aid: join our live Q&A We’re holding a free live webinar next week to answer your questions about our efforts to secure a sustainable future for criminal legal aid. We’ll explain our proposed alternative to price-competitive tendering, summarise the purpose and progress of our discussions with the Ministry of Justice…

Law Society Council meeting summary: 11 July 2013 At recent meetings, the Council has discussed major strategic issues facing the profession, including supporting the profession after April 2013 reforms, and responding to the Government’s proposals for competitive tendering for criminal legal aid. At the July Council meeting, followed by the Law Society’s AGM, several boards…

Fellow solicitors and friends, Yesterday, I became president of the Law Society. It is both an honour and a privilege to have the opportunity to represent our profession for the next twelve months. It will, of course, be more than a little daunting too. Lucy Scott-Moncrieff has been an outstanding representative for solicitors during the…

The video relates to the launch of the 2012 Diversity League Table and the 2012 Diversity Legal Awards, which took place in November 2012. Containing interviews, sound bites and comments; including the presentation of the 2012 Diversity Legal Awards. With clips from, an exclusive interview with Chris Kenny, Chief Executive of the Legal Services Board,…

The changing legal marketplace Working in the law remains a wonderful career – but it is not the same profession that many of us joined when we first qualified. It has had to change to meet the challenges and realities of the world around it. It might not be a popular view, but I find…