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Assisting legal aid lawyers post-LASPO 2012

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Published on: 06 April 2016
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Table of contents

  • Who is the course aimed at?
  • What is the purpose?
  • Why did you set the program up?
  • Who is behind it?
  • What is covered by the course?
  • How do firms get involved?

Article summary

Practice Management analysis: Carol Storer, director of the Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG), discusses a new practice management program designed to help lawyers navigate the legal world following the introduction of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO 2012).

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