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Coronavirus (COVID-19) and pro bono17 Sep 2020
Court reform programme: events25 Oct 2019
Criminal legal aid report – key recommendations24 Jan 2022
Crown Court extended hours pilot: guidance for litigators and solicitor advocates05 Feb 2021
Help save the criminal justice system17 May 2022
Introduction to pro bono10 Sep 2019
Litigants in person: guidelines for lawyers04 Jun 2015
Our family legal aid policy position08 Nov 2021
Technology and the Law Policy Commission - Algorithms in the Justice System27 Jun 2019

Cost of a day in court - New analysis by the Law Society27 Jul 2018
Disqualified from justice: Legal aid means test report01 Apr 2018
Justice on trial 2019: Fixing our criminal justice system report14 Jun 2019
LASPO 4 years on: Law Society review29 Jun 2017
Law under lockdown: the impact of COVID-19 measures on access to justice and vulnerable people25 Sep 2020
Our submission to the 2021 spending review and autumn budget27 Oct 2021
Research on the benefits of early professional legal advice19 Jun 2018
Solicitors’ pro bono work 201401 Dec 2014
Technology, access to justice and the rule of law report16 Sep 2019

Defence costs orders18 Mar 2021

Community care – legal aid deserts27 Sep 2021
Education – legal aid deserts27 Sep 2021
Housing – legal aid deserts27 Sep 2021
Immigration and asylum – legal aid deserts27 Sep 2021
Mapping algorithms in the justice system04 Jun 2019
Responding to major incidents with free legal advice07 Feb 2022
Solicitors’ pro bono toolkit07 Jul 2021
Welfare benefits – legal aid deserts27 Sep 2021

Court closures10 Mar 2022
Criminal legal aid review19 May 2022
LASPO Act 25 Mar 2022
LSB State of Legal Services 2020 report01 Dec 2020
Legal aid means test review20 May 2022
Remote hearings01 Mar 2022

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Criminal legal aid
Press release

Join the fight to save the criminal justice system

We are ramping up our campaign to save the criminal justice system and rallying the legal community to “join the fight” and respond to the UK government’s consultation on criminal legal aid.

19 May 2022

Regulation
Press release

Action on SLAPPs needed to prevent abuses of justice

Action is needed to strengthen and clarify rules surrounding strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs), the Law Society of England and Wales said in response to a Ministry of Justice call for evidence.

18 May 2022

Criminal justice
Press release

Alarm bells ring out for criminal justice system

UK government must heed the growing number of bodies raising the alarm about the crisis in the criminal justice system.

17 May 2022

Family and children
Press release

Kinship carers must be able to get free legal advice

Kinship carers must be given access to non-means tested free legal advice to ensure they know their rights and can secure a child’s future, avoiding the need for them to be taken into the care system, the Law Society of England and Wales said today in response to a parliamentary report.

17 May 2022

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Join the fight to save the criminal justice system

Action on SLAPPs needed to prevent abuses of justice

Alarm bells ring out for criminal justice system

Kinship carers must be able to get free legal advice

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