CLSA https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Apply for membership Annual Conference Member Benefits Criminal Law Trends 2025: What 2026 May Mean for Criminal Defence A Budget That Leaves the Justice System Behind An Interview with Katy Hanson Bridging the Generational Gap: Why Millennials and Gen Z Are Essential to the Future of Criminal Defence CV Tips for Aspiring Criminal Lawyers Ed Cape’s ‘Defending Suspects at the Police Station’ 9th Edition A New Chapter for the CLSA: Katy Hanson Takes the Chair as Daniel Bonich Passes the Baton News Archive Criminal Legal Aid: Proposals for Solicitor Fee Scheme Reform – Consultation Response Blog Help LAPG respond to the MOJ Consultation on an ‘Interest on Lawyers’ Client Accounts’ scheme MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases The CLSA response to the Consultation on a Proposed Interest on Lawyers’ Client Accounts (ILCA) Scheme Events & Training Newsletters Legal aid consultation launches to deliver justice for victims Consultation Papers & Responses STUDENT SURVEY NEEDS YOUR INPUT! CLSA Conference & AGM 2025 – Friday 3rd October – Manchester at the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is undertaking research into how solicitors find and recommend barristers It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden and untimely passing of committee member and colleague Simon King Participants needed by the University of Sussex – Understanding sentencing decision making Sentencing Council: Publication of new and revised motoring-related guidelines New sentencing guidelines for blackmail, kidnap and false imprisonment offences New Crime Contract has now opened CLSA CONFERENCE – SOLD OUT Richard Atkinson – CLSA conference speech Friday 4th Octbober 2024 Letter Backed by 119 Criminal Law Firms to Justice Secretary Renew your Court ID card – 2024 Domestic Abuse Protection Order pilot – updated guidance and upcoming training event £24 million boost for criminal legal aid to support most vulnerable Criminal Legal Aid Advisory Board (CLAAB) annual report 2024 Sentencing Council: Publication of definitive sentencing guideline for offences of strangulation and suffocation CLSA Leveson submission Improvements to the PET and BCM forms in Common Platform Miscellaneous amendments sentencing guidelines come into effect on 1 April 2024 MoJ implements Operation Early Dawn – Mags Court impacted from tomorrow Early Dawn Guidance on the use of Voluntary Interviews Open Letter to MOJ – public disorder Police Federation open letter voices concerns over Early Dawn Home Sentencing Council consults on miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guidelines Local Criminal Justice Board: Call for Evidence – Legal Sector 2023: Updates for Criminal Solicitors Notice of the CLSA AGM Friday 3rd November 2023 News