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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.

LASPO Legal Aid Review

LASPO Legal Aid Review

The government’s promised review of the LASPO Part 1 is now underway. The review will include other legal aid changes introduced since 2013 including the Transforming Legal Aid initiatives and changes to criminal legal aid.

The Law Society has been closely engaged in campaigning for this review, and has been effective in highlighting the problems and false economies that have resulted from changes to legal aid over recent years: The Labour party has adopted as policy the Society's reccomendation for restoring early advice for family law; also, the Ministry of Justice appears to have taken note of the argument that abolition of early advice was a false economy that creates additional costs to the State elsewhere.

A full report on the Society's activities and successes in this campaign can be read here.