Tag: Legal Services Board
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The creation of a university teaching law firm through the alternative business structure model – farsighted or foolhardy? (PM)
First up after lunch, Jenny Holloway, Nick Johnson and Jane Jarman (Nottingham Law School, NLS), on a unique venture at NLS integrating clinic and ABS (alternative business structure, cf Legal Services Act 2007, etc) Why have a legal advice centre? overall educational benefits of clinical legal education professional ethic and skills based education legal practice…
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Parallel session 1
I attended Alex Roy (LSB), and Prof Rob Wilson (Warwick U, LETR consultant) on Identifying and Developing the Future Workforce. Alex kicked off: large number of firms, mostly small (2-4 partners — over 20% of the workforce re solicitors, much larger proportion of law firms in E+W), few large firms. Turnover looks like the internet…
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Future Ed: New Business Models for U.S. and Global Legal Education: Chris Kenny Keynote
Keynote by CEO of the Legal Services Board. Good to see him at this conference because, as David Wilkins pointed out in introducing him, his organisation is taking seriously the issues also facing the ABA. More below the fold, adapted from his slides.