Your weekly update from the Law Society’s public affairs team on all the latest developments and debates in Parliament and across Whitehall. This week: asylum legal aid, EU-UK data adequacy and youth ...

Our Immigration and Asylum Law Accreditation is a recognised quality standard for practitioners providing advice under a legal aid contract. The accreditation covers all immigration work that can be ...

We're calling on the government to address the problems in our crumbling criminal justice system by adopting our policy recommendations. Due to many years of underinvestment our criminal justice ...

The draft Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill confirms that digital assets can be the object of property rights in England and Wales. Digital assets are being used for a growing variety of purposes in ...

Young people are often interested in the law, but legal education remains largely inaccessible. Akasa Pradhan, public legal education manager at Young Citizens, highlights why this education is so ...

What themes will have the biggest impact for law firms in 2025? Stu White, product and Engineering Director at software company Access Legal, explores some of the key trends to focus on in the year ...

Digital assets are being used for a growing variety of purposes in commerce and society. The draft Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL] seeks to remove residual legal uncertainty around the ...

Oliver Eardley, principal marketing consultant from digital marketing agency Add People, investigates how to maximise your firm’s online presence with five key website improvements that many legal ...

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Share your views on the UK government’s proposals to increase civil legal aid fees and help make this vital public service more sustainable.

Throughout his 40-year career, Tony Fisher has led a double life: growing a successful law firm while also pursuing human rights cases. He shares his key moments as a solicitor, from unprecedented ...

My legal ambitions began when I was 14. I clicked with the law as soon as I understood the impact it has and gained an understanding of how lawyers are key to the protection of fundamental rights and ...