Insight

Our insights cover topical issues affecting solicitors and trends in the legal market and profession. They’re drawn from our expertise in research, customer insight, data analytics, horizon scanning and knowledge management.

They help you make better decisions, by giving you up-to-date evidence-led insight relevant to your needs. Better decisions mean better services, more satisfied clients, greater social and economic impact, and ultimately a stronger legal system.

Our insights help firms and solicitors:

  • make informed business decisions and save time and money through insight on business, legal and economic trends
  • plan your workforce and your career through legal sector trends and insight on staff wellbeing and inclusivity
  • future-proof your business and stay profitable through horizon scanning, economic research and insight on lawtech
  • demonstrate the social impact of your pro bono work, corporate social responsibility, equality and diversity initiatives or charitable giving through our evaluation guidance

For information on specific reports or topics, or to get involved in our work, contact us.

You can also join our Insights Panel to help shape our work.

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The impact of legal aid capital and contribution thresholds for victims of domestic violence

Law Society research shows the impact on victims of domestic violence of the changes to legal aid eligibility rules regarding capital and income under LASPO.

28 Sep 2018
Paying for legal help when ineligible for criminal legal aid – report

This report considers how people who do not qualify for criminal legal aid can afford to pay their legal costs without falling into poverty.

28 Sep 2018
UN submission on Turkey – international law breaches of independence of the legal profession

We submitted a report to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers on human rights violations.

27 Sep 2018
PII surveys

These surveys look at solicitors’ experiences of renewing their PII, to identify areas of difficulty and analyse market trends.

20 Sep 2018
Legal services sector forecasts

Forecasts of turnover, employment, net exports and prices for the UK legal services sector.

22 Aug 2018
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
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
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