The future for lawyers
| April 2011: The future for lawyers The inaugural Legal Futures conference brought together for the first time a unique forum of all the main regulators to discuss their approaches to ABSs, competence testing for lawyer and the education and training review, as well as the relationships between regulators and the regulated. Delegates also heard views and debate from a range of industry experts, including Professor Richard Susskind, sharing their prediction for the market six months ahead of the introduction of ABSs. For more Legal Events visit our main events page. Speakers: David Edmonds, Chair, Legal Services Board Charles Plant, Chair, Solicitors Regulation Authority Baroness Ruth Deech, Chair, Bar Standards Board Alan Kershaw, Chair, ILEX Professional Standards Anna Bradley, Chair, Council for Licensed Conveyancers Baroness Dianne Hayter, Chair, Legal Services Consumer Panel George Bull, Head of Professional Practices, Baker Tilly Neil Kinsella, Managing Partner, Russell Jones & Walker Mark Lovell, Executive Chairman, A4e Des Hudson, Chief Executive, The Law Society Steve Arundale, Director, Professional Practices, NatWest Ian Dodd, Co-Founder, Bar Consultancy Network Craig Holt, Chief Executive, QualitySolicitors Michael Napier QC CBE, Senior Partner, Irwin Mitchell
| Today’s event covered the issues comprehensively and gave delegates some strong messages to take away. An excellent list of speakers and good topic focus. Delegate – April 2011
Legal Futures provides a superb forum to identify, track and discuss developments in the practice of law. Today’s conference was useful and thought-provoking for business owners. Delegate – April 2011
The best aspect of this conference was the quality of the speakers and the level of knowledge of the panels. Well targeted and well organised. A thoroughly enjoyable day. Delegate – April 2011 |
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