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and a 20 per cent discount on the following titles:

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What is the Advocacy Section?

The Advocacy Section is a dedicated Law Society service to create and facilitate a community of solicitor advocates and meet the needs you identified to us when we sought your views some months ago. It will provide mentoring, training and networking opportunities on a circuit and national level and create the framework to provide the level of support delivered to barristers by their Inns of Court.

The needs of criminal advocates are currently most acute and the section will focus on this sector in the first half of 2012 to help you prepare for the introduction of the new assessment regime, the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA).

We will also cater for the needs of advocates at the magistrates' and county court levels and for civil, family and children advocates in due course.

Who can join?

  • Crown Prosecution Service solicitors
  • criminal advocates
  • civil advocates
  • family and children advocates
  • solicitors and paralegals employed by solicitors with rights of audience

Why should I join?

Register now to make sure that you understand and are fully prepared for the challenges that lie ahead with the new QASA process and the increasing competition for work as public funding is cut.

We will provide you with guidance, information, training and access to a community of peers, the judiciary and the Bar at both a local and national level to ensure that you are well equipped to deal with and overcome the obstacles ahead.

Membership benefits

Your membership benefits are designed to augment the support already available to you as a Law Society member. The annual fee of £100 will entitle you to:

  • four webinars (accredited in total for 4 CPD hours) - worth £140
    • mitigation - 10 tips, presented by Ian Kelcey, senior partner, solicitor and higher courts advocate, Kelcey and Hall, Bristol
    • case construction, presented by Flora Page, advocate and SAHCA trainer, Perren Buildings, London
    • criminal advocacy fees, presented by Avtar Bhatoa, solicitor and managing director, Bullivant Law, London
    • cross examination and re-examination, presented by Joy Merriam, solicitor advocate
  • regional networking opportunities
  • a quarterly e-alert offering news and updates
  • an online community website platform launching in Summer 2012. This will provide you with all the relevant news and information you need to keep on top of changes in practice and on QASA. It will also give you access to an online network of peers and experts
  • discounts on related Law Society Publishing
  • a 20 per cent discount off membership of the Civil Justice Section, and £29 off your first year's subscription to Litigation Funding magazine
  • exclusive CPD training and events, including regional residential advocacy training weekends

How do I join?

Simply complete and return the annual membership form (PDF) with your payment or apply online.

For enquiries please email advocacysection@lawsociety.org.uk.

The London Olympic and Paralympic Games
27 July to 9 September 2012

Please note that we are anticipating a restricted staff resource during the Games which may prolong the processing of subscriptions. In order to keep delays to a minimum we would advise that you submit your subscription as soon as possible prior to commencement of the Games.

Other Law Society services

All of the above section benefits are in addition to the range of quality services that you can already access as a member of the Law Society, including:

For enquiries please email advocacysection@lawsociety.org.uk.

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