The provision of free legal services by solicitors: A review of the report of the Law Society's Pro Bono Working Party

1995 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Abbey ◽  
Andy Boon
Keyword(s):  
Working Party ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Pro Bono ◽  
The Law

9. Delivering legal services: practitioners, adjudicators, and legal scholars

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Partington
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Private Colleges ◽  
Legal Profession ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Legal Practice ◽  
The Law

This chapter discusses the role both of those professionally qualified to practise law and of other groups who provide legal services but who are not formally qualified as lawyers. It examines how regulation of legal services providers has changed. It notes new forms of legal practice. It considers the adjudicators and other dispute resolvers who play a significant role in the working of the legal system. It reflects on the contribution made by law teachers, in universities and in private colleges, to the formation of the legal profession and to the practice of the law.

9. Delivering legal services: practitioners, adjudicators, and legal scholars

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Partington
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Private Colleges ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Legal Profession ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Legal Practice ◽  
Legal Advice ◽  
The Law

This chapter discusses the role both of those professionally qualified to practise law—solicitors and barristers—and of other groups who provide legal/advice services but who do not have professional legal qualifications. It examines how regulation of legal services providers is changing. It notes new forms of legal practice. It also considers how use of artificial intelligence may change the ways in which legal services are delivered. It reflects on the adjudicators and other dispute resolvers who play a significant role in the working of the legal system. It reflects on the contribution to legal education made by law teachers, in universities and in private colleges, to the formation of the legal profession and to the practice of the law.

scholarly journals Corporate Support for Legal Services

Daedalus ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 148 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-139
Author(s):  
Jo-Ann Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Large Firm ◽  
Law Firms ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Private Law ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
Business Experience ◽  
Pro Bono ◽  
Corporate Support ◽  
Corporate Lawyers ◽  
The Impact

The gap in pro bono legal services provided by corporate legal departments and large private law firms is not surprising: The formalization of pro bono work by large firms has been underway on a significant scale for far longer than it has within corporations. This process has made large firm pro bono efforts more efficient and effective through improved practices. It has also led firm leaders and lawyers generally to expect more volunteerism of this sort. Companies that apply their resources, business experience, or other assets have successfully expanded the impact of their pro bono hours. Because of the scale of this need, and because legal-services lawyers have specialized expertise that corporate lawyers can't easily replicate, corporate pro bono efforts will not, on their own, close the justice gap. But these efforts have the potential to contribute significantly more to the ability of legal-aid organizations to serve their clients, and to help close this gap.

LWP update 5: short-term proposals for reforming the RCVS disciplinary process

2020 ◽  
Vol 187 (7) ◽  
pp. 260-261
Keyword(s):  
Working Party ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Disciplinary Process

Following on from the RCVS’ series discussing key recommendations from its Legislation Working Party (LWP), RCVS registrar and director of legal services Eleanor Ferguson considers short-term proposals for reforming the RCVS disciplinary process.

scholarly journals The Legal Academy’s Engagements with Lawtech: Technology Narratives and Archetypes as Drivers of Change

2019 ◽  
pp. 27-45
Author(s):  
Kate Galloway ◽  
Julian Webb ◽  
Francesca Bartlett ◽  
John Flood ◽  
Lisa Webley
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Legal Profession ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Law Schools ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Services Delivery ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
The Law

This article argues that legal education is currently grappling with three narratives of technology’s role in either augmenting, disrupting or ending the current legal services environment. It identifies each of these narratives within features of curriculum design that respond to legal professional archetypes of how lawyers react to lawtech. In tracing how these influential narratives and associated archetypes feature in the law curriculum, the article maps the evolving intersection of lawtech, the legal profession and legal services delivery in legal education. It concludes by proffering the additional narrative of ‘adaptive professionalism’, which emphasises the complex and contextual nature of the legal profession, and therefore provides a more coherent direction for adaptation of the law curriculum. Through this more nuanced and grounded approach, it is suggested that law schools might equip law graduates to embrace technological developments while holding on to essential notions of ethical conduct, access to justice and the rule of law.

scholarly journals THE LAW SOCIETY OF UPPER CANADA AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE: LESSONS FROM LAWYER-LICENSING REFORM

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 121 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Wiseman
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Legal Profession ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Upper Canada ◽  
Institutional Approach ◽  
The Law ◽  
Legal Training

The process for licensing new lawyers in Ontario is in the midst of significant change following the Law Society of Upper Canada’s approval of a recommendation by it’s Articling Task Force to introduce of a 3-year pilot project that will provide a program of practical legal training as an alternative to articling.  This article describes and critically analyzes these changes and the process that led to them in relation to three aspects of access to justice: access to the legal profession, access to legal services, and access to legal governance.  The analysis reveals numerous shortcomings that provide lessons that could be applied to the proposal for evaluating the pilot project as well as to the Law Society’s recently announced initiative to overhaul its institutional approach to access to justice. Le processus d’accès à la profession qui s’applique aux nouveaux avocats en Ontario fait actuellement l’objet de changements importants. Le Barreau du Haut-Canada a approuvé un projet pilote de trois ans recommandé par son Groupe de travail sur le stage, dans le cadre duquel il sera possible de suivre un programme de pratique du droit plutôt que de faire un stage. Le présent article décrit et analyse de façon critique ces changements – ainsi que le processus ayant mené aux changements – par rapport à trois aspects de l’accès à la justice : l’accès à la profession juridique, l’accès aux services juridiques et l’accès à la gouvernance juridique. L’analyse fait ressortir de nombreuses lacunes qui pourraient servir de leçons à appliquer à la proposition d’évaluation du projet pilote ainsi qu’à l’initiative récemment annoncée du Barreau visant à réviser son approche institutionnelle à l’accès à la justice.

scholarly journals Pro Bono Legal Aid by Advocates: Guarantee of Justice for the Poor

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 537-552
Author(s):  
Chairani Azifah
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Legal Assistance ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Pro Bono ◽  
The Law ◽  
Problem Formulations ◽  
The Right

The implementation of legal aid is a manifestation of Indonesia as a legal state that guarantees the human rights of citizens to equality before the law which is guaranteed in the 1945 Constitution. Within the framework of implementing this citizen's human rights, the provision of free legal aid is, among other things, obligated to advocates based on Article 22 Law on advocates and their implementing regulations. From this, two problem formulations were made as follows: What is the juridical review of the provision of pro bono legal aid? And what is the role of advocates in providing pro bono legal aid? This research is based on normative legal research, which is a research conducted by reviewing and analyzing legal materials and legal issues related to the problems studied. The results of the author's discussion found that free legal aid is the right of the poor to obtain the same justice as other communities, so that the protection of their rights is well fulfilled and the principle of equality before the law. Advocates are obliged to provide free legal aid to justice seekers, and to obtain free legal assistance, justice seekers must submit a written application to an advocate organization or legal aid institution.

scholarly journals Penetapan Honorarium Notaris dalam Praktik Pelaksanaan Jabatan Notaris

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 369-373
Author(s):  
I Ketut Adi Gunawan ◽  
I Nyoman Sumardika ◽  
Ida Ayu Putu Widiati
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Coercive Power ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
Empirical Research Methods ◽  
The Law

The Law on Notary Position (hereafter called UUJN) states the honorarium, but in practice, it has certain limits. The uncertainty of honoraria can lead to misunderstanding between the notary and the client. This research was conducted with the aim of revealing whether the determination of the economic value of each deed in the practice of implementing the position of a notary is in accordance with the provisions of the UUJN and whether a notary can provide legal services in connotarial matters to underprivileged people. This research was designed using juridical-empirical research methods. The results of this study indicated that the determination of the economic value of each deed in the practice of implementing the position of a notary is in accordance with the provisions of UUJN as stipulated in article 36. All public officials who have agreed on the arrangement of the honorarium state that they must have a sense of binding and the existence of coercive power which is adjusted to the provisions in UUJN. In addition, a notary can provide legal services in the field of connotarization to underprivileged people based on a notary's morality and integrity. This is supported by Article 37 of the UUJN which states that notaries are required to provide services free of charge to people who cannot afford it.

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