Risk and compliance features
Reforming legal services—the final Mayson Report
Marzena Lipman, regulatory policy advisor at the Law Society, provides an update on the final Mayson Report on Reforming Legal Services.
Trust vs. control—how law firms might work in the future
With offices reopening many employers are moving on from tackling the issue of staff working remotely to managing a safe return to the workplace. Deborah Witkiss, Chief Operating Officer of Insight Legal, examines how case management systems can help.
AML requirements – five steps to keeping up
To help you keep up with ever-changing AML requirements, Accuity provides five actionable steps to help manage compliance and respond quickly to developments.
Conflicts in residential conveyancing
The recent SRA Guidance on conflicts has little to say about how the Code of Conduct for Solicitors applies to residential conveyancing. Fiona Feu, Director of My Compliance Colleague, takes a look.
Professional indemnity insurance – top tips for renewal
Jonathan Angell and Matthew Gooden look at the current state of the PII market.
Reviewing files remotely—a checklist
Jacqui Johnson, a Law Society Lexcel Consultant and Assessor, looks at efficient ways to undertake file audits out of the office. She has been in private practice for over 15 years as a practice manager.
Working remotely and your Lexcel commitments
Paul McCluskey looks at meeting your Lexcel obligations when we are all still social distancing.
SIF closure - how will this affect you?
Linda Lee examines how closure of the Solicitors Indemnity Fund may affect some firms.
STARs – a Christmas quiz
Take our Christmas quiz to test your knowledge of the SRA’s new Standards and Regulations.
AML audits - what to expect
At our annual AML conference, anti-money laundering was very much on the SRA’s agenda for 2020. Here’s what you can expect.
Workplace surveillance: Seven things you need to know
Nick Denys answers commonly asked questions about monitoring employees in the workplace.
Are you competent?
Aiden Flegg summarisies the results of the SRA’s recent research into continuing competence.
Risk and Compliance conference 2019
Janet Noble gives a summary of last month’s Risk and Compliance conference.
Pathways to a career in risk and compliance
Looking for a change of job? We asked some risk professionals how they forged successful careers in risk and compliance.
Orchestrating compliance
Funke Abimbola gives us some insights into her career journey in risk.
Risk – your new best friend?
Pearl Moses discusses how to make your risk register more holistic to manage uncertainty.
Q&A with Bahare Heywood
Bahare Heywood answers our questions about the challenges of risk at a large international firm.
File audits - a positive experience
Hillary Stephenson explains another way of looking at file audits.
Cobblers’ shoes - supplier due diligence by a law firm
Sarah Mumford and Gillian Watson look at the risks involved in supplier contracts.
Spring clean your compliance checks
The clocks have gone forward, Easter is upon us and Pearl Moses looks at what you can do to spring clean your compliance policies and procedures.
New member benefit - Legal Compliance magazine
From July 2019 your membership will include the quarterly Legal Compliance magazine. Now featuring a fresh new look, the magazine provides up-to-date, practical information on every aspect of legal compliance.
Existing members will be posted the July edition of the magazine, and from the autumn all content will also be accessible online to members.
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Designed specifically for COLPs, COFAs and MLROs, your package includes:
- a monthly Risk and Compliance e-newsletter
- unlimited access to all the content on our website including news and jobs.
- access to the Law Society’s 'Safe Harbour' initiative
- four free webinars
- inclusive podcasts on current compliance topics
- subscription to the quarterly Legal Compliance magazine
- 20% discount on relevant Law Society publications, conferences and seminars
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