Corporate strategy 2025-2028

The Law Society celebrated its bicentenary year in 2025. During that year, we held discussions with solicitors across England and Wales, asking about the issues which mattered most to them. This corporate strategy responds to what we heard about the profession’s priorities.

Download our strategy (PDF 14.6 MB)

Our vision is to promote, protect and support solicitors, the rule of law and justice in England and Wales.

In a rapidly changing world, our vision provides direction across all the work we do with and for our members.

To create our strategy, we took an evidence-based approach, which placed solicitors’ voices at the heart, resulting in a strategy plan that meets our members’ needs and the needs of society.

Our missions

We will focus on the contemporary challenges that matter most to our members. Each mission addresses key professional challenges and includes specific goals to deliver value to the profession and the public.

Mission one: technology

Technology, the practice of law and the experience of consumers

Technology has become a key strategic issue for solicitors in all practice settings, driven by the rate of technological change and the expectations of clients.

Mission two: conditions for growth

Promoting growth of legal services with a focus on better regulation

Legal services have been recognised as a vital contributor to the national economy and an engine for future growth.

We endorse that recognition and will push for the conditions required for its full achievement.

Mission three: justice and the rule of law

Promoting access to justice and the rule of law in the UK and around the world

The Law Society will continue to champion the rule of law as the foundation of a fair and democratic society.

Mission four: responsible business

Supporting the profession on all aspects of responsible business

We are committed to supporting organisations in which solicitors work as responsible businesses, led with integrity, inclusivity and sustainability.

Mission five: member experience and value

Championing our profession and the member experience

A key aim for 2025-28 is to grow the number of solicitors engaged in our work, and for them to find it a rewarding part of their professional lives.

Our permanent commitments

In addition to delivering the five missions, we will be developing the Law Society in two key areas:

Ways of working

Making the Law Society a great place to work and to volunteer

We recognise that those working for and with the Law Society are its most important resource and the foundation of its future.

Continuously developing our services

Continuously developing our capabilities to serve our members

We serve our members through capabilities which combine people, process, technology and decision making. Those factors need continuous development to support strong member services.

I want to know more

Explore our corporate strategy (PDF 14.6 MB) and business plan for 2025/26.

Read our quarterly activity reports to find out what we achieved in:

2024/25: Q3, Q2 and Q1
2023/24: Q4, Q3 and Q2