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The Legal Services Board (LSB) has compiled data from various sources that suggest the legal services sector overall has, so far, remained broadly stable during the Covid-19 pandemic. The emerging data indicates that while some parts of the legal services profession have faced significant difficulties over the last 12 months, overall numbers of regulated lawyers…

Read LSB shares data on the broadly stable health of the legal services sector following Covid-19

Mae’r Bwrdd Gwasanaethau Cyfreithiol yn cynnal digwyddiad rhith drafodaeth ar y strategaeth ar draws y sector ar gyfer gwasanaethau cyfreithiol. Rydym yn gwahodd ymarferwyr, academyddion, canolfannau cyfreithiol a chynghori wedi eu lleoli yng Nghymru i rannu eich syniadau a phrofiadau ar yr heriau sy’n wynebu’r gwasanaethau cyfreithiol, a’r strategaeth i ddelio â’r rhain o fewn…

Read Ail-lunio gwasanaethau cyfreithiol: Digwyddiad trafodaeth Gymreig, 7 Mehefin, 3.30pm – 5pm

The Legal Services Board is hosting a virtual discussion event on the sector-wide strategy for legal services. We’re inviting practitioners, academics, legal and advice centres based in Wales to share your thoughts and experiences on the challenges facing the legal services, and the strategy to address these in the Welsh context. The strategy, published at…

Read Reshaping legal services: an online Welsh discussion event, 07 June, 3:30pm – 5:00pm

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has confirmed that it will develop and consult on a more robust approach to ensuring lawyers remain competent throughout their careers. In a new report published today, the LSB notes that while legal regulators have comprehensive measures to make sure that legal professionals are competent when entering the legal profession,…

Read LSB sets out options for ensuring the ongoing competence of lawyers

In November 2020, the Committee on Standards in Public Life wrote to regulators to understand better how existing regulators are adapting to the challenges posed by AI. We responded noting the challenges and questions that AI poses for the legal services sector, and how our next phase of work will consider the role of AI,…

Read Our response to the Committee on Standards in Public Life: Artificial Intelligence and Public Standards

We began our first Board meeting of the new year by reflecting on the webinar we hosted last week to share our State of Legal Services 2020 report’s findings.  Over 120 people attended to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the legal service sector.  Everyone agreed unmet legal need is a significant problem and that…

Read Chair’s Blog – January Board meeting