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Come Join Us!

Come Join Us!

Membership of Tees Valley Law Society offers opportunities whether you are a qualified solicitor or other legal professional, or you are in the early stages of training.

Members are offered discounted rates for all of our training events, which are held locally and at the end of the working day to ensure the least disruption to you, your firm and your clients. We hold regular networking and social events where members can come together informally to discuss issues within the profession, but more importantly to share ideas.

Membership of TVLS is about offering support whether formally through involvement of the Council or more informally by sharing ideas about best practice with other firms. By becoming a member of TVLS there are opportunities to become involved in the running of the Society, whether through membership of Council or Committees or in a more informal role.

The application process is quick and simple and membership is great value. Join us today.

Honorary QC Nominations Launched

Honorary QC Nominations Launched

The Ministry of Justice has launched the 2017/18 round of Queen’s Counsel honoris causa (honorary silk) awards by inviting nominations. All practitioners and members of the public are free to make nominations (including self-nominations if they qualify) direct to the Ministry of Justice.

In addition, the Law Society is participating in this process, as in previous years, by seeking to make nominations itself of members of the Law Society (solicitors). The office holders are securing coverage for the Law Society’s role as nominator by means of publicity in Professional Update, online Gazette and the Law Society website inviting nominations. To that end, the Law Society are inviting people to nominate themselves, or others, to them. The office holders will then select those who will go forward as nominees of the Law Society.

The way in which to make a nomination for this process is by providing basic personal details of the nominee (or yourself) and the following:

  • Legal qualifications and legal experience to date
  • What significant contribution have they made to the law in England and Wales other than in Court
  • Their major contribution - beyond what might normally be expected for someone in their position
  • Why you think this person should be nominated by the Law Society as an honorary QC

Please do this by downloading and completing a copy of the standard nomination form which you can find on the Ministry of Justice website at the link below. Please then send your completed form to appointments2017@lawsociety.org.uk to arrive no later than 12 noon on 24 August 2017 if you wish your nomination to be considered by the Law Society for submission to the Ministry of Justice.

Nomination by the Law Society is subject to their own internal discernment process and is, of course, no guarantee of ultimate success in the competition. As mentioned above, you are free to nominate yourselves or anyone you wish direct to the Ministry of Justice in any event.

Further details about the honorary QC process can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.