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Being a solicitor 1981-2013, but where lies the future?

Being a solicitor 1981-2013, but where lies the future?. Jeffrey Brown, Partner. Lawyers & Parliamentary Agents. 1973 26,000 1983 41,000 1983 34,000 Private Practice 15,000 London & South East 1,750 Wales . Conveyancing Administration of Estates. 1991 57,000

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Being a solicitor 1981-2013, but where lies the future?

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  1. Being a solicitor 1981-2013, but where lies the future? • Jeffrey Brown, Partner Lawyers & Parliamentary Agents

  2. 1973 26,000 • 1983 41,000 • 1983 34,000 Private Practice • 15,000 London & South East • 1,750 Wales

  3. Conveyancing • Administration of Estates

  4. 1991 • 57,000 • 24.8% Females • 4,265 Admissions • (2,766 Law Graduates, 411 Non-Law Graduates)

  5. 2001 • 86,000 • 37.4% Females • 6,218 Admissions • (3,395 Law Graduates, 1,229 Non-Law Graduates)

  6. 2011 • 122,000 • 46.5% Females • 37.1% Practising Solicitors based in London

  7. 2011 • 5,441 New trainees registered • 2010 Record decline in numbers • 59.1% Admissions - Female • 27.8% Not in private practice

  8. Training Contracts • What do law firms look for?

  9. The future • Increased competition • Legal Aid • Legal services as a commodity • Smart use of IT

  10. Increase in-house resource • London will dominate • Emphasis on international dimension • Reforms of costs rules

  11. Careers advice

  12. Jeffrey Brown/Partner • jbrown@vwv.co.uk> 020-7665 0844 Lawyers & Parliamentary Agents

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