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 continues to operate under remote working arrangements until further notice, in line with the latest Government restrictions to suppress the transmission of Covid-19. Complaints Handling Due to the necessary Covid-19 workplace safety restrictions, some of our complaints staff continue to work remotely and are handling a large volume of phone [...]
The LSRA, along with independent research company Behaviour & Attitudes (B&A), is conducting an online anonymised survey of law undergraduates and trainee and early career practising solicitors and barristers. The survey fieldwork will take place in October 2021. It will inform research and a report to the Minister for Justice on economic and other barriers [...]
The LSRA survey of early career legal professionals and law undergraduates is now closed. In October and November 2021, the LSRA along with independent research company Behaviour & Attitudes (B&A), carried out an online anonymised survey of law undergraduates and trainee and practising solicitors and barristers in their first seven years of practice. The [...]
The LSRA is aware that cyberattacks are increasing in both number and sophistication. Solicitors and their clients are among those targeted by online criminals through fraudulent emails that impersonate solicitors’ firms. These emails often advise the client that the solicitor has recently changed their bank account and direct the client to lodge money to the [...]