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The Legal Services Act 2007: an Act of Revolution for the Legal Profession? 1
May 2011 THE LEGAL SERVICES ACT 2007: AN ACT OF REVOLUTION FOR THE LEGAL PROFESSION? 1 Michael Zander QC FBA Emeritus Professor, London School of Economics Introduction From the 1960s, for forty or so years, I took a close interest in the affairs of the legal profession but it is now quite a number of years since I have published anything on the subject. I was therefore very pleased to be invited to give a lecture on this topic as it gave me the stimulus to try to get to grips with what has been happening as a result of the passing of the Legal Services Act. Since most of you are lawyers who have no doubt been reading about the Act and its implications for several years, it would obviously be inappropriate to go through it as if this was new legislation requiring explication. Rather I thought it might be of interest to attempt to take some measure of its significance, both in terms of the historical perspective and looking forward. Before doing so, I should say something about my own stance in regard to the broad topic ‘reform of the legal profession’. This was the issue that first drew me to an academic career. When I left Cambridge in 1957, my intention had been to go to the Bar. But after a postgraduate year at Harvard Law School, I spent a year with the great Wall Street law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell. That experience changed everything. First, it led me to decide that the work I wanted to do was corporate law with a firm of City solicitors. -
JOINT STATEMENT Unique Pro Bono Collaboration Tackling Refugee Crisis
JOINT STATEMENT 2 October 2020 Unique pro bono collaboration tackling refugee crisis wins two awards for legal innovation LONDON: An ambitious pro bono project, the Greece Pro Bono Collaborative (GPBC), which provides crucial assistance to asylum seekers in refugee camps in the Greek Islands has been announced as the winner of the Innovation in Social Responsibility award in the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards Europe. The project was also awarded the CSR Innovation (Multi-Firm) award in Legal Week’s Legal Innovation Awards. The project is a joint effort between six firms – Allen & Overy; Ashurst; Charles Russell Speechlys; Dentons; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and White & Case – and the NGO European Lawyers in Lesvos (ELIL). Refugee Legal Support (RLS) was also an NGO partner in the project’s first year. At its core, the GPBC aims to provide urgent legal support and advice to vulnerable individuals, with volunteers focusing on preparations for first instance asylum interviews and working on family reunification applications. It helps individuals of all ages, genders and nationalities. “The incredible need in Greece had been clear to us for some time, but developing a project that could really meaningfully utilise the capacity of international law firm lawyers, and scaling impact through collaboration within the sector, took careful planning” said Amy Grunske, Head of International Pro Bono at Orrick. A comprehensive project infrastructure was developed, with necessary training, supervision and support provided to the firm volunteers by the expert lawyers at ELIL. Implemented in a truly collaborative way, each firm provided volunteer lawyers for two-week placements in Greece in person, before switching to remote secondments in light of Covid-19. -
CLOC to Launch in Europe the Growing Pains Of
aka ‘The Orange Rag’ Top stories in this issue… Ben Gardner leaves Links for Wavelength p.2 iManage benefits from Elite Envision end of life p.7 Insider launches legal tech startup initiative p.10 All the latest wins & deals p.12 Under the hood: Baker McKenzie’s innovation programme p.14 CLOC to launch in The growth of the organisation mirrors the growth in the legal operations role: in a 2016 survey by the Association Europe of Corporate Counsel, it emerged that 48% of legal teams now have legal operations staff – double the figure in 2015. In what could turn out to be one of the most significant events It was in San Francisco on 2-4 May last year that this year for European legal technology vendors attempting CLOC ran its first ‘Institute’ – a conference that it plans to to expand their presence within the corporate legal sector, repeat in the UK. Writing about the Institute in a Riverview Corporate Legal Operations Consortium – better known to Law blog, Riverview’s CEO Karl Chapman said: “And now the market as CLOC - will launch in Europe at the end of we have CLOC. An organisation that, with momentum February, led by VMware’s vice president & deputy general and great timing, helps facilitate and stimulate eco-system counsel for worldwide legal operations, Áine Lyons. change. When people look back in 10-15 years I suspect The influential US organisation, which is driving that 2-4 May 2016 will be seen as one of the key milestones change in the world of corporate legal operations and has in the transition of the legal market. -
Barriers to the Legal Profession
Barriers to the legal profession Rosaline Sullivan July 2010 1 Introduction “Increasingly, children‟s success at school determines their success as adults, determining whether and where they go to college (university), what profession they enter, and how much they are paid” (Buckham and Lee, 2002). The provision of legal services at the highest levels and in the most prestigious firms is dominated by white, male lawyers from the highest socio-economic groups. Our belief is that such an outcome does not occur as a result of overt discrimination but instead barriers to entry and progression occur over the lifetime of individuals seeking a career in law from initial education, to training, to gaining experience within a law firm. This paper explores each stage that an individual follows in pursuing a career in law and the evidence that can help explain the socio-economic characteristics of lawyers we see in England and Wales. Overall purpose of research The Legal Services Board (LSB) has been formed to reform and modernise the regulation of the legal services market place in the interests of consumers. One focus of the LSB‟s first year was on “promoting access to a diverse profession”. In 2010/11 the LSB extends this area of focus to “developing a workforce for a changing market”, enabling us to consider more widely what consumers and procurers of legal services need, want and should be able to expect from the legal workforce. Promoting a legal workforce that is open to the widest pool of talent is recognised across the sector and government as a priority area. -
BLS Annual Report 2013
Birmingham Law Society PRESIDENT’S FOREWORD President’s Foreword As I considered preparation of this article I glanced at Mary Kaye’s MartinAllsopp, President foreword of last year and noted the words “nothing actually prepares you for the work needed to run Birmingham Law Society”. How right Mary was. I recall that I became your President on St George’s Day and nothing of major significance happened in the first 7 days of my Presidency. Little did I know that a storm was fast approaching from the Atlantic. I prepared myself for a major intervention of a City Firm profession by the SRA and the cost of obtaining which thankfully, up to the date of writing this article, never Professional Indemnity Cover which continues to be a came. I was concerned about the effect on the profession major concern particularly to the smaller firms in our area of alternative business structures and the financial position going forward. It was my ambition to appear on page 3 of of BLS in the midst of a recession. I could not then have the Post but this page is apparently reserved for more known that I would be embroiled in the most significant glamorous articles! Legal Aid battle that the profession had ever witnessed. With experience in the property market for more than 40 I believe that we have reached a hiatus now in the number years this came as somewhat of a challenge. I have done of members of BLS for the time being. A number of my best in every speech that I have made and every article mergers have taken place during my Presidential Year and that I have written to defend the right of access to justice I believe that more will be planned for the next. -
Celebrating Legal Excellence
North West Law Celebrating legal April 2013 News New arrivals at Neil Myerson LLP excellence page 6 Hill Dickinson welcomes two The Midland Hotel once again played host to the 4th annual Manchester pensions heavyweights Legal Awards, where almost 600 guests and sponsors celebrated the page 7 cream of Manchester’s legal community. Julia Baskerville reports on the Roberts Jackson expands their new highlight of the Manchester legal calendar... Clinical Negligence Department page 9 Once again, lawyers in Manchester turned out in News from Manchester Law Society large number for the 4th Annual Manchester Legal Civil Litigation Committee page 12 Awards. A sell out event, as almost 600 solicitors, bar- risters, guests and spon- sors joined Manchester Features Law Society at the Midland Hotel to celebrate the suc- cess of the city’s legal pro- The Manchester Legal Awards 2013 fession. page 15 Guests began their evening with a champagne reception in the lobby of the Midland Hotel before moving into Regulars the Alexandra Suite for Din- ner and the Awards cere- mony. News from Bridge Street Fran Eccles-Bech, the Execu- tive Director started the pro- page 4 ceedings by welcoming the guests and introducing Such Regulatory Update page 5 Amin, the President of Man- chester Law Society, Adam Jupp, Head of Business at the Manchester Evening Key for the City - offers for Members News and Nigel Wright of MLS Advantage, the event ‘s page 21 main sponsor. Such Amin said that the evening was all about cele- Management Matters page 28 brating the success, the quality of service and inno- vation of Manchester Monthly Competition lawyers. -
BD Tech Report 2018
In association with BD TECH INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Powering Up. Business development teams are the engine rooms in most law firms, to ensure peak performance they need the best tech tools for the job Page 4 Under the Spotlight: Customer Relationship Management (CRM), E-Marketing and Proposal Generator Page 14 The Innovators: Other Serious Kit for the BD Tech Toolbox...Page 16 Page 1 BD Tech Report • June 2018 In association with Page 2 BD Tech Report • June 2018 In association with Andy Sparkes, General Manager LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions Foreword The importance of Business Development (BD) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in the legal sector has never been greater. Given changing market dynamics, and increased competition, law firms are investing to continue to professionalise their BD and relationship management capabilities to help drive growth. This report from Legal IT Insider is testament to the commercial importance of these functions to law firms, as told by marketing and business development professionals themselves. It is no secret that it is far easier to maintain and grow revenue with existing customers than it is to win new business. While a CRM system is valuable for winning new customers, it also plays an instrumental role in helping to manage and extend existing relationships to deliver growth. There have been lots of exciting technology innovations within the sector over recent years – from automation of data entry, to relationship scoring and profiling. As a result, the CRM market has remained competitive with a regular stream of new entrants coming into the industry. However, as this report highlights, driving success requires more than just a tool or system. -
Law Society Conference Artwork
Presidents' and secretaries' conference 2017 5 and 6 May 2017 The Law Society SRA competence: C2 #presandsecs2017 Principal sponsor Associate sponsors Presidents' and secretaries' conference 2017 Programme: Friday 5 May 12:30 - 13:00 Registration and networking Reading room 12:45 - 13:50 Light lunch, exhibition and networking Reading The Law Society marketplace exhibition room Meet the conference sponsors 13:50 - 13:55 Welcome and introduction Common Nick Gurney-Champion, Council member and chair, Membership Board, room The Law Society 13:55 - 14:10 Opening address Common Robert Bourns, president, The Law Society room 14:10 - 14:20 The Law Society: challenges, changes and opportunities Common Paul Tennant, interim chief executive, The Law Society room 14:20 - 14:30 Photo call 14:30 - 14:35 Transfer time 14:35 - 15:20 Concurrent workshop session A A1: Engaging and attracting in-house solicitors Bell room Donna Harris, general counsel – real estate, Aviva Legal Services Tony Steiner MBA, executive director, Devon and Somerset Law Society Natasha Taylor, head of Advocacy, Essex County Council A2: Media relations: a beginners guide Strand and Ben Davies, head of Media, The Law Society Fleet room Fran Eccles-Bech, chief executive, Manchester Law Society Clive Coleman, legal correspondent, BBC A3: Sustainability for the future: membership retention and income Old Council generation Chamber Sushila Abraham, past president and Council member, Surrey Law Society Lynne Naylor, president, Swansea and District Law Society Becky Moyce, president, Bristol Law Society 15:20 - 15:45 Refreshments, networking and exhibition Reading room 15:45 - 15:50 Transfer time 15:50 - 16:35 Concurrent workshop session B B1: Engaging and attracting in-house solicitors Bell room Repeat of A1 B2: Media relations: a beginners guide Strand and Repeat of A2 Fleet room B3: Sustainability for the future: membership retention and income Old Council generation Chamber Repeat of A3 continue overleaf....... -
2. the Market for Legal Services in India 15 Regulatory Restrictions on India’S Legal Services Sector 17
ECONOMIC IMPACT ANAL YSIS A BALANCING ACT Cost-Benefit Analysis of Reforming India’s Legal Services Market May 2016 i A BALANCING ACT: Cost-Benefit Analysis of Reforming India’s Legal Services Market (May 2016) Disclaimer: This report is a result of analysis conducted by Nathan Associates. The authors grant to all users a license to copy, use and distribute the results of the report publicly for any reasonable non- commercial purpose, subject to proper attribution of authorship and ownership of the rights. ii Contents Summary 1 Introduction 3 1. The Global Market for Legal Services 5 Trends in the Global Market 5 Market Concentration 6 Lessons for India from International Experience 8 2. The Market for Legal Services in India 15 Regulatory Restrictions on India’s Legal Services Sector 17 3. A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Reforms 25 Framework of the Study 25 Approach 25 Data Collection 26 Results of Business Survey 28 Results of Legal Service Providers Survey 34 4. Conclusions and Recommendations 41 Relaxing Regulatory Restrictions 42 Introducing Changes in the Governance of the Sector 43 Strengthening Capacity of the Sector 43 Annexure A: Cross-Country Studies 45 The Legal Services Sector in the United Kingdom (UK) 45 The Legal Services Sector in China 52 The Legal Services Sector in Australia 56 The Legal Services Sector in Singapore 60 The Legal Services Sector in Israel 65 The Legal Services Sector in Malaysia 70 The Legal Services Sector in Brazil 75 Annexure B: Stakeholder Survey Analysis 81 Annexure C: Business Enterprise and Law Firm -
11 2011 Monthly Press Summary
Legal Services Act Update Welcome to the Autumn 2011 edition of the Legal Services Act Update, our e-update detailing recent press coverage of how the professional services community and regulatory bodies are gearing up for the major changes facilitated by the Legal Services Act 2007. We hope that you find this update of interest and as always welcome your feedback. Best regards, Clare Rodway Managing Director 0207 323 3230 [email protected] Issue 45 Contents: This Autumn… ABS delay Prolegal Family law at the Co-op RJW expands PI offer Quality Solicitors secure investment Investec in law firms approach SRA sets new suitability test CMCs in law firm deals Young lawyers are quids-in with the LSA New strategies in the mid-market DLA Piper takes stake in ABS SRA receives 500 ABS enquiries This Autumn… Though originally planned for 6th October 2011, ABS day, when alternative business structures (ABSs) were to be licensed for the first time by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), has been delayed due to pending legislation and is likely to kick off in January or February 2012 now. Though the 6th October has come and gone, the legal services market is still striding ahead with changes ushered in by the Legal Services Act (LSA). Chief Executive of the SRA has said that the regulator has had around 500 general inquiries and 'in-depth discussions’ with 50 firms looking at becoming ABSs. And according to a survey by LexisNexis, mid-market law firms are already adapting their business development strategy as a result of the LSA. -
Spaghetti Junction
Law Society Gazette Law blues with a feeling you’re fired Great white hope Was the system of Spelling out the ABCs The new ‘white-collar solicitors’ undertakings of redundancy for crime act’ is a welcome ever a good idea? employers and workers step in the right direction • Vol 105 No 8 • Vol Law Society Law GazetteGazette€3.75 october 2011 october 2011 SpaGhetti juNctioN: Law Society of Getting your teeth into the YEAR BUSINESS TO THE OF i reland Road Traffic Act 2011 BUSINESS MAGAZINE cover october try1.indd 1 27/09/2011 14:49 Law Society Gazette www.gazette.ie October 2011 preSident’S meSSaGe 1 ADAPTINg TO CHANge harles Darwin said: “It is not the strongest of the species maximum efficiency, that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the reducing the need for Cone that is most adaptable to change.” adjournments. This As I write this message a few days before the publication of the means looking at the Legal Services Bill, I believe we will have to remember the words of hours they work and Darwin in the weeks, months and years ahead. providing for active case A recent survey of the profession by the DSBA reveals the management so that following: lawyers meet deadlines 1) Conveyancing remains the main area of expertise for the in providing documents “Any measures that profession for as many as 83% of those surveyed, and preparing the case 2) Approximately two-thirds of solicitors have taken pay cuts, for hearing.” She also greatly weaken the 3) Nearly 40% of firms have made staff redundant, encouraged mediation independence of the legal 4) Debt collection is the area showing the largest increase in work, and other forms of 5) More than half of small firms (one to two fee earners) are alternative dispute profession are an attack pessimistic about the future, and resolution. -
Final Registration List: Alpha by Last Name
FINAL REGISTRATION LIST: ALPHA BY LAST NAME 32ND ANNUAL Challenges and Opportunities in International Franchising 1 Mark Abell Maury Baskin David Bond Partner Shareholder Partner Bird & Bird LLP Littler Mendelson Fieldfisher LLP 15 Fetter Lane 1150 17th Street, Suite 900 Riverbank House London, EC4A 1JP Washington, DC 20036 2 Swan Lane United Kingdom Phone: (202) 842-3400 London, EC4R 3TT Phone: +44 (20) 7415-6000 United Kingdom Luciana Bassani Phone: +44 (20) 7861-4000 Cristina Ruiz de Aeda Dannemann Siemsen Bigler & Ipanema Jausas Moreira Silvia Bortolotti Passeig de Gracia 103, #7 Rua Marques de Olinda, 70 Partner Barcelona, 08008 Rio De Janeiro, 22251-040 Buffa Bortolotti & Mathis Spain Brazil Via Alfieri, 19 Phone: 34 (934) 150088 Phone: 55 (21) 5531811 Torino, 10121 Italy Walter Aguirre Jen Beck Phone: +39 (0) 115741111 Managing Partner VP & Assistant General Counsel Aguirre Abogado & Asesores S.A.C. International Dairy Queen Michael Brennan CAlle Boulevard 162, Of. 1204, El Polo 7505 Metro Boulevard Partner Lima, Minneapolis, MN 55439-0286 DLA Piper LLP (US) Peru Phone: (952) 830-0200 203 North LaSalle Street, #1900 Phone: (511) 717-6900 Chicago, IL 60601-1210 Rocio Belda De Mergelina Phone: (312) 368-4048 Kay Ainsley, CFE Partner Managing Director J&A Garrigues, SLP Jeffrey Brimer, CFE MSA Worldwide Hermosilla 3 COO 2163 Ector Place Madrid, 28001 Alexius, LLC Kennesaw, GA 30152 Spain 1509 York Street Phone: (770) 794-0746 Phone: 34 (915) 145200 Suite 300 Denver, CO 80206 Gustavo Alcocer Sheryl Bennett Phone: (720) 465-5001 Partner, Corporate & Commercial Law Group Attorney-Advisor Chair U.S. Department of Commerce Grayson Brown Olivares & CIA, S.C.