Legal aid work
Gazette reports that a practitioner group has embarked on a data drive to reveal the hidden costs of legal aid work.
The piece mentions the Law Society’s economic analysis showing that lawyers lost money doing housing legal aid work but felt morally obliged to keep going.
AI in the profession
Insider Media covers the Law Society’s roundtable on AI and predictive technology in the legal profession.
Janis Wong, policy advisor at the Law Society, said: “It's roughly 50/50, in terms of whether or not the profession sees more opportunities than risks, as opposed to more risks than opportunities, although I do think that around the table, we would all think that there are more opportunities.
“There are risks, but those risks need to be appropriately managed, whether that is from a technological perspective or from a perspective of looking at our professional obligations as well.”
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- Labour's asylum legal aid plan has sparked outrage – Daily Express
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- Lady chief justice tells parliament about devastating consequences of reducing Crown court sitting days – Legal Futures
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- Regulatory Policy Committee rates Employment Rights Bill as “not fit for purpose” - Solicitors Journal
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- SQE2 pass rate dips slightly to 74% - Legal Cheek