Legal Services Policy Institute
Established by the College in 2007, The Legal Services Policy Institute is a ‘think tank’ which aims to contribute to the development of the legal services sector. The Institute addresses issues which lawyers and other legal services providers need to consider in order to deliver effective results in a changing market.
The Institute enables the College to contribute to and inform the process of policy formation in the legal services sector by producing policy review papers and strategic research.
Activities
The Institute's role includes:
- seeking a more efficient and competitive marketplace for legal services, which properly balances the interests of clients, providers, and the public;
- contributing to the process of policy formation and influencing the important policy issues in the legal services sector and, in doing so, promoting the public interest rather than the interests or concerns of any particular party;
- alerting government, regulators, professional bodies, practitioners and other providers, and the wider public, to the implications of these issues;
- encouraging and enabling better-informed planning in legal services by law firms and other providers, government, regulators and representative bodies (including responding to consultation papers).
These activities underpin the College's commitment to providing thought leadership in legal services, working in association with other interested organisations and business schools.
Expert leadership
Professor Stephen Mayson is director of the Institute and also professor of strategy at The College of Law. Professor Mayson is one of the world's leading authorities on law firm strategy, economics and ownership, and was director of the Centre for Law Firm Management at Nottingham Law School, where he conceived and developed the world's first MBA in Legal Practice.
Contact us
Legal Services Policy Institute, The College of Law, 2 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8HQ. Telephone: 01483 216393.
E-mail: Stephen.Mayson@lawcol.co.uk
