National Trainee Solicitors Group
The TSG campaigns to support tomorrow's solicitor today. It aims to promote and protect the interests and welfare of both present and future members of the Group, at all stages of training.
Chair: Peter Wright
The Law Society
114 Chancery Lane
London
WC2A 1PL
Tel: 0207 320 5794
Email: info@tsg.org
Website: www.tsg.org
National Young Solicitors Group
The Young Solicitors Group co-ordinates policy issues and lobbies The Law Society, the Government and others on issues that affect the daily lives of young solicitors.
Chair: Hannah Wiskin
Contact: Yvonne Treacy
The Law Society
114 Chancery Lane
London
WC2A 1PL
Tel: 020 7320 5794
Email: policy@ysg.org
Website: www.ysg.org
Association of Women Solicitors
The Association of Women Solicitors is an official group of the Law Society. Membership is open to any woman solicitor or trainee who is a Law Society member or associate member.
We aim to articulate and represent the view of women solicitors, promote womens' interests in the profession, campaign on issues important to women solicitors and actively oppose discrimination against women solicitors.
Chair: Dr Clare McConnell
Website: www.womensolicitors.org.uk
The Law Society
The Law Society is the professional body for solicitors in England and Wales. The Society provides service and support for solicitors and it also aims to serve the community by working to improve access to the law.
President: Fiona Woolf
Tel: 020 7242 1222
Website: www.lawsociety.org.uk
Commerce and Industry
The Law Society Commerce & Industry Group (C&I) is the sector of the Law Society which represents lawyers and others working in a legal capacity in commerce and industry. The C&I aims to provide professional support to and promote the interests of its members, provide information and services relevant to members' needs, organise training and social activities, consult with the Law Society and the Regulators on matters of interest and importance to members, provide a forum for discussion as well as engaging in pro bono work.
Chair: Mike Armstrong
Woodbank House
80 Churchgate
Stockport
SK1 1YJ
Tel: 0161 480 2918
Email: info@cigroup.org.uk
Website: www.cigroup.org.uk
LawCare
LawCare (was SolCare) is an advisory and support service to help lawyers, their staff and their immediate families to deal with health problems such as depression and addiction, and related emotional difficulties. We offer the opportunity to discuss health issues and problems which are interfering with, or have the potential to interfere with, work performance and/or family life – and to seek help in resolving the problem in its early stages. The service is free and entirely confidential.
LawCare
50 Broadway,
London
SW1H 0BL
Website: http://www.lawcare.org.uk/
Legal Aid Practitioners Group
The Legal Aid Practitioners Group is the foremost independent authority on publicly funded legal services in England and Wales.
Contact: Kate Comyn
10 Greycoat Place
London
SW1P 1SB
Tel: 020 7960 6068
Fax: 020 7960 6168
Email: kate@lapg.co.uk
Website: www.lapg.co.uk
Solicitors in Local Government (SLG)
Supporting, developing and representing every solicitor and trainee in local government for the benefit of authorities and their communities.
Contact: Stephanie Nunn, Policy Executive
The Law Society
113 Chancery Lane,
London
WC2A lPL
DX 56 LONDON/CHANCERY LANE
Tel: 020 7320 5801
Fax: 020 7831 0170
Email: stephanie.nunn@lawsociety.org.uk
Website: www.slgov.org.uk
Probate Section
The Probate Section is an organisation run by solicitors for solicitors. It is a common interest group that seeks to be responsive to the needs of its members by providing practical help to all solicitors working in the fields of wills, financial planning, trusts, tax planning, Court of Protection, care planning and estate administration.
Probate Section
The Law Society
113 Chancery Lane
London WC2A 1PL
DX: 56 London/Chancery Lane
Tel: 020 7316 5678
Fax: 020 7316 5775
Email: probatesection@lawsociety.org.uk
Website: www.probatesection.org.uk
Society of Asian Lawyers
The Society of Asian Lawyers ("SAL"), formed in 1990, is the UK's largest independent legal society. The SAL organises a large variety of professional and social functions through the year; providing an ideal opportunity for members to make new professional and social contacts in a warm and friendly atmosphere.
Chairperson: Mr. Sundeep Bhatia
Beaumonde Law Practice
Evans House
107 Marsh Road
Pinner
Middlesex
HA5 5PA
Tel: 0208 4525151
Fax: 0208 4296733
E-mail: blp_solicitors@hotmail.co.uk
Website: www.societyofasianlawyers.com
Solicitors Benevolent Association (SBA)
The SBA, founded in 1858 as the Solicitors Benevolent Society, is the principal nationwide charity for solicitors in England and Wales. The aim of the Association is to assist solicitors and their dependents who are in need.
In 2003, 375 beneficiaries were helped, including 11 in Nursing or Residential Homes, 73 students and the remainder (including 55 dependent children) living in private accommodation. The total does not include over 100 beneficiaries to whom assistance has been discontinued but who are still benefiting from interest-free loans, not yet repaid.
Chairman: Colin Lee
1 Jaggard Way
Wandsworth Common
London
SW12 8SG
DX 41608 BALHAM
Tel: 020 8675 6440
Fax: 020 8675 6441
Website: www.sba.org.uk
Email: Sec@sba.org.uk
Solicitors Sole Practitioners Group
The Sole Practitioners Group is one of seven Law Society recognised groups which represent particular sectors of the profession. Sole Practitioners Group has two aims. The First is to represent the interest of their members within the Law Society and to ensure that decisions taken do not compromise or adversely affect the members of Sole Practitioners. Sole Practitioners Group also responds to consultations issued by the Law Society and in this way the expertise and experience of members can help to provide a broader and more informed view. The Second is to support members through local groups organising, training, conferences and communicating through other means.
Chair: Karen Purdy
Website: www.spg.uk.com
The TSG campaigns to support tomorrow's solicitor today. It aims to promote and protect the interests and welfare of both present and future members of the Group, at all stages of training.
Chair: Peter Wright
The Law Society
114 Chancery Lane
London
WC2A 1PL
Tel: 0207 320 5794
Email: info@tsg.org
Website: www.tsg.org
National Young Solicitors Group
The Young Solicitors Group co-ordinates policy issues and lobbies The Law Society, the Government and others on issues that affect the daily lives of young solicitors.
Chair: Hannah Wiskin
Contact: Yvonne Treacy
The Law Society
114 Chancery Lane
London
WC2A 1PL
Tel: 020 7320 5794
Email: policy@ysg.org
Website: www.ysg.org
Association of Women Solicitors
The Association of Women Solicitors is an official group of the Law Society. Membership is open to any woman solicitor or trainee who is a Law Society member or associate member.
We aim to articulate and represent the view of women solicitors, promote womens' interests in the profession, campaign on issues important to women solicitors and actively oppose discrimination against women solicitors.
Chair: Dr Clare McConnell
Website: www.womensolicitors.org.uk
The Law Society
The Law Society is the professional body for solicitors in England and Wales. The Society provides service and support for solicitors and it also aims to serve the community by working to improve access to the law.
President: Fiona Woolf
Tel: 020 7242 1222
Website: www.lawsociety.org.uk
Commerce and Industry
The Law Society Commerce & Industry Group (C&I) is the sector of the Law Society which represents lawyers and others working in a legal capacity in commerce and industry. The C&I aims to provide professional support to and promote the interests of its members, provide information and services relevant to members' needs, organise training and social activities, consult with the Law Society and the Regulators on matters of interest and importance to members, provide a forum for discussion as well as engaging in pro bono work.
Chair: Mike Armstrong
Woodbank House
80 Churchgate
Stockport
SK1 1YJ
Tel: 0161 480 2918
Email: info@cigroup.org.uk
Website: www.cigroup.org.uk
LawCare
LawCare (was SolCare) is an advisory and support service to help lawyers, their staff and their immediate families to deal with health problems such as depression and addiction, and related emotional difficulties. We offer the opportunity to discuss health issues and problems which are interfering with, or have the potential to interfere with, work performance and/or family life – and to seek help in resolving the problem in its early stages. The service is free and entirely confidential.
LawCare
50 Broadway,
London
SW1H 0BL
Website: http://www.lawcare.org.uk/
Legal Aid Practitioners Group
The Legal Aid Practitioners Group is the foremost independent authority on publicly funded legal services in England and Wales.
Contact: Kate Comyn
10 Greycoat Place
London
SW1P 1SB
Tel: 020 7960 6068
Fax: 020 7960 6168
Email: kate@lapg.co.uk
Website: www.lapg.co.uk
Solicitors in Local Government (SLG)
Supporting, developing and representing every solicitor and trainee in local government for the benefit of authorities and their communities.
Contact: Stephanie Nunn, Policy Executive
The Law Society
113 Chancery Lane,
London
WC2A lPL
DX 56 LONDON/CHANCERY LANE
Tel: 020 7320 5801
Fax: 020 7831 0170
Email: stephanie.nunn@lawsociety.org.uk
Website: www.slgov.org.uk
Probate Section
The Probate Section is an organisation run by solicitors for solicitors. It is a common interest group that seeks to be responsive to the needs of its members by providing practical help to all solicitors working in the fields of wills, financial planning, trusts, tax planning, Court of Protection, care planning and estate administration.
Probate Section
The Law Society
113 Chancery Lane
London WC2A 1PL
DX: 56 London/Chancery Lane
Tel: 020 7316 5678
Fax: 020 7316 5775
Email: probatesection@lawsociety.org.uk
Website: www.probatesection.org.uk
Society of Asian Lawyers
The Society of Asian Lawyers ("SAL"), formed in 1990, is the UK's largest independent legal society. The SAL organises a large variety of professional and social functions through the year; providing an ideal opportunity for members to make new professional and social contacts in a warm and friendly atmosphere.
Chairperson: Mr. Sundeep Bhatia
Beaumonde Law Practice
Evans House
107 Marsh Road
Pinner
Middlesex
HA5 5PA
Tel: 0208 4525151
Fax: 0208 4296733
E-mail: blp_solicitors@hotmail.co.uk
Website: www.societyofasianlawyers.com
Solicitors Benevolent Association (SBA)
The SBA, founded in 1858 as the Solicitors Benevolent Society, is the principal nationwide charity for solicitors in England and Wales. The aim of the Association is to assist solicitors and their dependents who are in need.
In 2003, 375 beneficiaries were helped, including 11 in Nursing or Residential Homes, 73 students and the remainder (including 55 dependent children) living in private accommodation. The total does not include over 100 beneficiaries to whom assistance has been discontinued but who are still benefiting from interest-free loans, not yet repaid.
Chairman: Colin Lee
1 Jaggard Way
Wandsworth Common
London
SW12 8SG
DX 41608 BALHAM
Tel: 020 8675 6440
Fax: 020 8675 6441
Website: www.sba.org.uk
Email: Sec@sba.org.uk
Solicitors Sole Practitioners Group
The Sole Practitioners Group is one of seven Law Society recognised groups which represent particular sectors of the profession. Sole Practitioners Group has two aims. The First is to represent the interest of their members within the Law Society and to ensure that decisions taken do not compromise or adversely affect the members of Sole Practitioners. Sole Practitioners Group also responds to consultations issued by the Law Society and in this way the expertise and experience of members can help to provide a broader and more informed view. The Second is to support members through local groups organising, training, conferences and communicating through other means.
Chair: Karen Purdy
Website: www.spg.uk.com
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