Helpful links

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  • The Law Society

    The Law Society is the representative body for solicitors in England and Wales.

  • The Solicitors Regulation Authority

    The SRA deals with all regulatory and disciplinary matters, and sets, monitors and enforces standards for solicitors across England and Wales (including the standards for qualifying as a solicitor). Formerly known as the Law Society Regulation Board, it acts solely in the public interest. For information on training to be a solicitor or on qualifying as a solicitor as a lawyer from another jurisdiction click on http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/becomingasolicitor.law.

  • The Lawyer

    The online version of the weekly paper.

  • Legal Week

    An online version of The UK and Europe’s biggest selling legal title.

  • Chambers & Partners An online version of the Chambers & Partners guide to the legal profession and their student guide.

  • International Centre for Commercial Law

    A site with access to the online version of the Legal 500, the guide to the Uk’s commercial law firms.

  • Legal Resources in the UK and Ireland

    A portal to legal resources in the UK and Ireland, which includes links to sites and resources in other countries and a number of directories.

  • Infolaw

    Site maintained by the Internet Services division of Information for Lawyers Limited; includes links to comment and analysis on the UK legal web, legal resources, governments and courts, and lawyers, law associations and law schools.

  • Internet Legal Resource Guide

    Index of more than 4000 select web sites, established to serve as a comprehensive resource of the information available on the internet concerning law and the legal profession, with an emphasis on the US.

  • Hieros Gamos

    Comprehensive law and government portal, with heavy US emphasis.

  • IALS – eagle-i service

    Electronic access to global legal information. Site maintained by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, with links to English, foreign, international and comparative law materials on the internet.

  • The Court Service

    Information about the Court Service, plus judgments, daily lists, forms and leaflets, and links to related sites.

  • Office of Public Sector Information

    Acts and Statutory Instruments from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are available, generally within 24 hours of publication in hard copy, plus links to the relevant parliament web sites.

  • House of Lords Judicial Business

    Text of judgments appears online within 2 hours of delivery in the House of Lords, and the site contains judgments given since 14 November 1996.

  • Europa

    Server of the EU, providing access to information about the Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors and other bodies of the European Union, to news and press releases, to policies and to other general information.

  • The Times

    Registration necessary for access, but the service itself is free. The Times site contains a searchable archive back to January 1996, which includes The Sunday Times. Also provides access to The Times daily law reports.

  • LawDictionaries.com

    Free online law dictionaries and other useful tools, intended to save valuable time for the law student, practitioner and parties to contract or dispute.

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