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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; |
| :: | 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; |
| :: | alerting
government, regulators, professional bodies, practitioners and other providers,
and the wider public, to the implications of these issues; |
| :: | 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:
External
Ownership and Investment: Issues and Challenges
[pdf]
A discussion paper examining the law and unresolved issues still surrounding
alternative business structures under the Legal Services Act 2007
(March 2009)
Global
Law Firms: a strategy looking for a market?
[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’
[pdf]
A discussion paper looking at the elements of a frequently used but rarely
commonly understood concept
(April 2008) Alternative
Business Structures: something
for everyone? [pdf]
A paper exploring possible approaches to the use of new business structures
(September 2007) Legal
Services Reforms: catalyst,
cataclysm or catastrophe? [pdf]
Inaugural address as Director of the Institute
(21 March 2007) After
Clementi: the
impending legal landscape [pdf]
A paper reviewing the likely effects of the Clementi review and its implementation
through the Legal Services Bill
(December 2006) | 
