Insight

The legal profession is constantly changing. We develop insight drawing on knowledge from high quality research, evaluation and data, to help our members understand how they can improve performance and productivity. Our insights cover the make-up of the profession, topical issues affecting solicitors and wider legal market trends. All our recent reports can be downloaded below.

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Cost of a day in court - New analysis by the Law Society

The Law Society has carried out new analysis that reveals that an average day of court time costs at least £2,692.

27 Jul 2018
Research on the benefits of early professional legal advice

Research undertaken by Ipsos-MORI in collaboration with Law Society Research Unit shows that: shows a clear statistical link between getting early legal advice and resolving problems sooner.

19 Jun 2018
Annual Statistics Report 2017

The Annual Statistics Report 2017 describes the size and composition of the solicitors' profession and describes trends in entry to the profession.

18 Jun 2018
Future skills for law

This Horizon Scanning report explores what dramatic changes to the future of work driven by technology and globalisation mean for future lawyers.

01 Jun 2018
AI: Artificial intelligence and the legal profession

Our report examines the potential influence of AI technology in legal services and its impact on legal processes, jobs, and values.

01 May 2018
Options for the future UK-EU dispute settlement mechanism

This paper outlines the Law Society’s views on the building blocks needed to construct a fair, transparent and accessible mechanism for the resolution of disputes between the UK and the EU after the UK leaves the EU.

01 May 2018
Disqualified from justice: Legal aid means test report

Research from the University of Loughborough, commissioned by the Law Society, has found that the legal aid means test is preventing families in poverty from accessing justice.

01 Apr 2018
Research Roundup - issue 7, Winter 2018

Issue 7 of the Law Society's regular round-up of research on the legal services market.

28 Feb 2018
Autonomous vehicles: When technology takes the wheel

This Horizon Scanning snapshot examines the implications of autonomous vehicles in the longer term for solicitors, law firms and the legal sector.

01 Feb 2018
Are machine learning systems redefining 'privacy'?

This Horizon Scanning snapshot explores the legal risks surrounding the surrender of personal data in favour of a more connected life.

01 Feb 2018
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