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• Legal aid budget is disappointingly low, says Australian Law Council

  May 15 2012 Funding for legal aid services in Australia is disappointingly low, according to the Law Council of Australia after the release of the Australian government’s 2012-13... more

• US Legal Aid to take another funding cut

  Jan 27 2012 Legal Aid in the US is set to take yet another hit, as a bill passed last November to slash federal funding for civil legal assistance to the poor by about 14% — from... more

• Senate and Congress approve deep cuts to legal Aid in the US

  Nov 22 2011 The US is set to cut funding from Legal Services Corp, the nation’s largest funding source for civil legal aid to the poor, after the House and Senate agreed to slash... more

• China's legal profession grows to 200,000 lawyers

  Nov 07 2011 Interesting short article here about the legal profession in China. According to this report in China Daily, the number of licensed lawyers in China has reached... more

• British Justice Minister investigated for conflict of interest

  Oct 17 2011 Deep cuts to the British Legal Aid budget have attracted significant controversy, and now more fuel has been added to the fire with accusations that British Justice... more

• Could Acculaw change the way that lawyers are trained?

  Sep 30 2011 This article examines the implications of the entry onto the scene of Acculaw – a company that administers a low cost training program for law graduates and then... more

• The growth of a pro-bono culture in Russia

  Aug 25 2011 Here is an interesting article on the growth of pro bono legal work in Russia. Just a few years ago, pro bono work was an unfamiliar concept in Russia, but things are... more

• Cuts to legal aid in the UK eliminate an important 'reality check' for litigants

  Aug 11 2011 An interesting article here from The Guardian about the effect that cuts in legal aid may have upon the British court system and those that use it to try and get... more

• Without bank funding, UK sole practitioners are folding in numbers

  Jul 25 2011 The number of sole practitioner firms in the UK fell from 4,056 in March 2010 to just 3,692 one year later, says independent finance provider, Syscap. According to... more

• Legal Aid lawyers on strike in Northern Ireland

  Jun 13 2011 Solicitors in Northern Ireland have gone on strike in protest over reduced fees recently introduced by the Department of Justice. The Department has slashed the legal... more

• Criminal law barristers under pressure in the UK

  Apr 21 2011 Interesting article here from the Guardian, which takes a look at compensation for criminal barristers. The article points out that only a tiny proportion of... more

• UK couples may be forced to mediate divorces

  Feb 28 2011 New government proposals could force UK couples to take their divorce disputes to before resorting to the court system. The move was announced by Justice Minister... more

• Conference on Free Legal Aid and Clinical Legal Education in India

  Feb 07 2011 West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata is holding the First National Conference on Free Legal Aid and Clinical Legal Education in India from... more

• More competition means greater access to justice in the UK

  Aug 31 2010 Many have said that access to justice in the UK is under threat with new cuts to legal aid funding, The arrival of ‘Tesco Law’ and difficulties securing indemnity... more

• UK government slashes justice funding

  Aug 17 2010 Access to justice is under threat in the UK following a series of budget cuts. The Ministry of Justice plans to cut £2 billion from it £9 billion budget, while a... more