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Features

We commission exclusive articles from leading practitioners and commentators, on all areas of risk and compliance, for our regular members-only newsletters.

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A question of competency

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Mazur’s message: 10 considerations when conducting litigation

Conflict of interests

FAQs: Conflicts arising in initial client interviews

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Professional indemnity insurance – market trends and risk insights

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Q&As – qualifying through work experience

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FAQs: Dealing with sexual harassment in the workplace

  • A question of competency

  • Mazur’s message: 10 considerations when conducting litigation

  • FAQs: Conflicts arising in initial client interviews

  • Professional indemnity insurance – market trends and risk insights

  • Q&As – qualifying through work experience

  • FAQs: Dealing with sexual harassment in the workplace

Events

Members of the Risk and Compliance Section can access events for a reduced rate.

Benchmarking Date Report

Financial Benchmarking Survey 2026 results: Hybrid seminar (London, 5 March 2026)

Register now to secure your place at this launch event

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Law Society Risk and Compliance Conference 2026 (Weds 11 March 2026, Hybrid)

Book your place now

Past webinars

Risk and Compliance Section members get access to free and discounted webinars and events throughout the year.

Recent inclusive webinars that are available on demand include:

Artificial Intelligence

Webinar: Supervision in an AI driven world

While AI tools can automate tasks like legal research, document drafting, contract analysis, and e-discovery, they still require careful supervision. To ensure accuracy and ethical compliance, human oversight is still essential, watch the recording to provide clarity on what constitutes acceptable use of AI in legal practice.

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Essential compliance around continuing competence 2025

Watch this online session to gain a greater understanding of what you need to do to become or remain compliant with SRA continuing competence rules

Past webinars and events

Podcasts

Aiming to keep you up to date, these short audio discussions look at some of the key challenges in the current compliance space.

All Podcasts

Learning

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Webinar: managing risks around source of funds

Sharpen your understanding of the significance of and requirements surrounding client due diligence in relation to source of wealth (SOW) and source of funds (SOF).

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Webinar: underground banking and informal value transfer system

Watch this webinar to bring you up to date on the risks and red flags associated with money laundering through underground banking.

Key member benefit - Legal Compliance magazine

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Your membership includes a subscription to the quarterly magazine, Legal Compliance, available to you both online and in print.

Law Society library

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Gain a competitive edge and give the best possible legal advice with the trusted resources and support available through the Law Society library.

As a section member you are entitled to the following library benefits***:

* Subject to standard page limits, terms and conditions and for current judicial proceedings or non-commercial purposes.

** Including additional research on top of the standard 30 minutes, the Lawdocs Service (first item free), and printing and photocopying services.

***All benefits are valid until 31 December 2026. Applies to all Law Society Section members, and members must state from initial contact that they are a current Section member when requesting any of these services.

Risk and Compliance accreditation

We have produced exam preparation training courses to prepare you for our Risk and Compliance accreditation exams. Our range of courses run from 12 to 15 September.

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Contact us

For more information on how we can support you, please get in touch.

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