Welcome to the Future of Legal Services Forum

Establishing a fair and competitive environment for tomorrow’s legal profession

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY:
Thursday 21 April 2011 (to be confirmed)
Chancery Court Hotel London, UK

‘Our future might not look like the past – we have to look for new ways of working’
Richard Susskind OBE

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The legal profession is on the cusp of a transition, the effects of which will have wide-ranging consequences for all forms of legal practice. While the Legal Services Act will undoubtedly cause a shift change in the legal model, its effects will not be as significant for large City-based law firms or those keen to hold on to the traditional legal model. What is of wider interest, and some say more pressing, is the issue of how to regulate the profession and how to deal with complaints handling going forward.

Another critical theme is the transition of the legal landscape towards a more technology-driven and multi-sourced method of resourcing legal work in the modern law firm. As clients demand lower costs and a more transparent client relationship with law firms, the pressure to re-engineer existing processes will increase.
Following the sell-out success of our 2009 event, the Future of Legal Services Forum 2010 offers a streamed agenda that enables you to choose the themes that interest you:

• Hear from senior political and regulatory figures on the likely form of regulation for regional law firms and also City-based law firms
• Discuss how the dynamics of legal services will change in the future and what strategies or technologies will improve service delivery
• Gain the very latest information on the processes and models that will allow external investment into law firms through the Legal Services Act and Alternative Business Structures
• Gain practical insight into the challenges and opportunities for potential external investors such as blue chip business, financial professions and the Bar

The Future of Legal Services Forum is a unique event supported by the leading regulators, government bodies, political figures, senior law firm partners and potential partner organisations.

Organisations represented this year include:
3Kites Consulting, 7 Bedford Row, Addleshaw Goddard, Baker Legal Consulting, Bar Standards Board, Barclays Corporate, Beachcroft, Bener, Berwin Leighton Paisner, Bird & Bird, Bytes Technology, Clarke Wilmott, CLC, CMS Cameron McKenna, Cobbetts, Cobden House Chambers, The Conservative Party, DAS Services, Eversheds, Fenton Management, Field Fisher Waterhouse, Fountain Court Chambers, General Atlantic, Hildebrandt, Hill Dickinson, Horwath Clark Whitehill, ICAEW, ILEX Professional Standards, Integreon, Investec Bank, ITV, Jomati Consultants, Kobre & Kim, Legal Ombudsman, Legal Services Board, Legal Services Consumer Panel, Lockton, Memery Crystal, Ministry of Justice, Myddleton Communications, Norton Rose, Osborne Clark, Phoenix Equity Partners, Prince OMC, PwC Legal, Quadrant Chambers, Russell Jones & Walker, Serle Court, Simmons & Simmons, SJ Berwin, Solicitors Journal, Solicitors Regulation Authority, St John's Chambers, St Philips Chambers, Stephensons Solictors, TATA Consultancy Services, The College of Law, The Law Society, Travers Smith, Uría Menéndez Abogados, Ward Hadaway, Weber Shandwick, Williams Lea, Woodfines.

Anthony Parker
Conference editor, Legal Week

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