SRA goes on the road to discuss future of profession

updated on 06 May 2011

The SRA is holding a series of talks across the country on the future of the legal profession. An estimated 2,500 lawyers are attending the roadshows - the first of which took place at the Law Society's Chancery Lane base on 4 May - which will examine the new outcomes-focused approach to regulation and the proposed licensing of alternative business structures. 

SRA chief executive Antony Townsend - a keynote speaker, along with SRA board chair Charles Plant, at the London event - told the Law Gazette: "This year’s extensive programme of roadshows will give us the opportunity to meet the profession to explain how the new system will work in practice, and to answer questions face-to-face. The workshops should prove particularly interesting and the people conducting them are looking forward to some challenging sessions."

The SRA follows in the footsteps of the Law Society, which recently went on tour with a Question Time-style show aimed at raising awareness of the opportunities and challenges facing the legal profession in the future (see "Law Society goes on tour").