The future of the UK's relationship with the rest of the EU is a hot topic. The Law Society is contributing to the debate.
We believe government plans to introduce price-competitive tendering for criminal legal aid are unworkable, and possibly unlawful.
We aim to create a stable and competitive insurance market to ensure affordable and accessible insurance for the entire profession.
We have been working hard to respond to a series of unwelcome and often confusing changes to lender panel membership.
Lord Justice Jackson has recommended sweeping changes to litigation funding and solicitors' costs. We believe the proposals will reduce access to justice, increase costs to business and result in a windfall for insurers.
The Law Society is concerned by the absence of regulation for will writing and the damage that the absence of such protection can have on the public.
The Law Society is working to improve the current training system for legal students, with a particular focus on ethics and the Legal Education and Training Review
We are working with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and other defence practitioner groups to resolve a number of concerns over CPS plans for digital working.
The Law Society is committed to assisting solicitors in protecting themselves and their firms from being exploited.
The Law Society runs regular public-facing campaigns to promote the legal profession to consumers of legal services.