The long-awaited pay rise for duty solicitors is a positive step in our campaign for fairer legal aid rates for our members.

Your weekly update from the Law Society’s public affairs team on all the latest developments and debates in Parliament and ...

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Law Society of England and Wales looks at what 2025 holds for the legal sector as it celebrates its bicentenary.

The Law Society is the independent professional body for solicitors. Our vision is to promote, protect and support solicitors, the rule of law and justice in England and Wales. Maximise your ...

Tens of thousands of children need decisions about their future to be made without delay, and people need better access to ...

The growth from £6.7bn in 2021 to £8.4bn in 2022 to £9.5bn in 2023 shows that the international demand for English law is ...

Sign up to attend an in-house networking event in Newcastle to understand the Worker Protection Act 2023's duty to prevent ...

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has introduced a new route to qualifying as a solicitor: the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). What do you need to do to qualify with the SQE? SQE1 ...

UK government plans unveiled yesterday (19 December) to increase criminal legal aid rates for solicitors by a further 12% are ...

Our solicitor ambassadors share their experiences of entering the legal profession, including the challenges they faced and how they overcame them. Reflecting on their career path, each ambassador ...

The Legal Ombudsman has made some welcome progress in reducing its case backlog. However, we're concerned about the pace of ...