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Tackling the crisis in access to legal advice

Published on: 23 January 2014

Table of contents

  • Original news
  • What are the key tenets of the Low Commission’s strategy?
  • With the decimation of legal aid, how can law firms and individual lawyers further the Low Commission’s proposal to offer more innovative, low-cost solutions?
  • What are the benefits to firms/lawyers of engaging in lower cost solutions?
  • How can local authorities ensure their residents are made aware of the network of pro bono support agencies?
  • How can pro bono organisations best work together to save money and ensure wide coverage?
  • What are the regulatory concerns surrounding the inevitable proliferation of pro bono advice (with greater input from students/less qualified lawyers)?
  • What should lawyers do next?

Article summary

Practice Management analysis: Pam Kenworthy, solicitor, head of Howells LLP telephone advice services and commissioner on the Low Commission, talks about the work of the commission and outcomes from its report on access to legal advice.

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