The Institute is established as part of The College of Law's charitable activities
(go to http://www.college-of-law.co.uk/about-the-college/legal-services-policy-institute.html).

The Institute's role includes:

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seeking a more efficient and competitive marketplace for legal services, which properly balances the interests of clients, providers, and the public;
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contributing to the process of policy formation and influencing the important policy issues in the legal services sector and, in doing so, promoting the public interest rather than the interests or concerns of any particular party;
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alerting government, regulators, professional bodies, practitioners and other providers, and the wider public, to the implications of these issues;
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encouraging and enabling better-informed planning in legal services by law firms and other providers, government, regulators and representative bodies (including responding to consultation papers).


The following papers and presentations are available for download:

Global Law Firms: a strategy looking for a market? [click here for pdf]
Paper prepared for the symposium on global law firms at Georgetown University, Washington DC
(April 2008)

Business Models in Legal Services: the meaning of ‘business model’ [click here for pdf]
A discussion paper looking at the elements of a frequently used but rarely commonly understood concept
(April 2008)

After Clementi: the impending legal landscape [click here for pdf]
A paper reviewing the likely effects of the Clementi review and its implementation through the Legal Services Bill
(December 2006)

Legal Services Reforms: catalyst, cataclysm or catastrophe? [click here for pdf]
Inaugural address as Director of the Institute
(21 March 2007)

Alternative Business Structures: something for everyone? [click here for pdf]
A paper exploring possible approaches to the use of new business structures
(September 2007)