The Legal Services Board is the oversight regulator for legal services in England and Wales. In 2025/26, the LSB will enter the fifth year of its 10-year strategy to “reshape legal services to better ...

Employment lawyer Tina Attenborough and her daughter Laura Matthews, a trainee solicitor at Geldards, are both presidents in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Our Criminal Litigation Accreditation is a recognised quality standard for practitioners in criminal litigation. It covers all types of criminal law work. You must have the accreditation to be ...

Our Practice Advice Service offers free and confidential support on legal practice and procedure to Law Society members and their staff. We do not give legal advice. The Practice Advice Service is not ...

Your salary will depend on the training contract offered by your employer. There is no fixed amount that your employer must pay you. However, we recommend a minimum of £27,418 in London and £24,320 ...

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 ...

The Law Society's model conditional fee agreement (CFA) is in the process of being reviewed, and so is not currently published. Solicitors using an old version should be aware that it does not reflect ...

There are a significant number of words, phrases and acronyms that appear when talking about race and ethnicity which often change depending on the context of the conversation. Language is ...

Around 100 Law Society Council members and 300 elected and appointed members help to set the strategic direction of the Law Society. Our Council is supported by a Board and several committees. We have ...

We’re responding to the UK government’s call for evidence on the independent sentencing review. The UK prison population has doubled over the last 30 years and is projected to rise by 4,500 a year. A ...