Privacy Notice / FAQs Online Anonymised Survey Background The Minister for Justice (the "Minister") has asked the Legal Services Regulatory Authority ("LSRA") to consider the economic and other barriers that continue to be faced by young barristers and solicitors following their professional qualification from the King’s Inns and the Law Society respectively. In [...]
The Legal Services Regulatory Authority today publishes its third annual report on the admission policies of the legal professions. The report, Pathways to the Professions 2021: Annual Report on Admission Policies of the Legal Professions, documents the number of persons admitted to practise as both solicitors and barristers in 2021, based on figures supplied to [...]
The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) today publishes its Annual Report for 2021, providing an overview of its performance and outputs for the year. The LSRA is the independent statutory body responsible for the regulation of legal services provision. The year 2021 was the second full year that the LSRA operated as the independent complaints [...]
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The LSRA is currently undertaking two significant pieces of research at the request of the Minister for Justice. Research on Barriers for Solicitors and Barristers and Increasing Diversity The Minister for Justice has asked the Authority to consider the economic and other barriers faced by young barristers and solicitors and to make recommendations. The Minister [...]