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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.

SRA Handbook

SRA Handbook

The SRA’s “Looking to the Future” consultation closed last month. It is the view of the Law Society that if the proposals outlined in the consultation are accepted it will enable solicitors to work for unregulated entities providing unreserved legal activities. This could leave clients with less protection and could result in a “two-tier” solicitor profession.

Over the summer, the Law Society consulted both solicitors and the public to gather opinions and evicence about the possible impact of the proposals. Feedback from these discussions informed the Law Society’s response to the SRA Handbook consultation.

More than 1,650 solicitors responded to the members’ survey, and over 1600 consumers responded to a survey conducted by Ipsos Mori and commissioned by the Society. You can view the results of those surveys here, and the Law Society’s response to the consultation here.