The Law Society’s Regulatory Strategy sets the direction for the Law Society’s regulation of the legal profession over the next three years, 2022-2025.  

The world around us is changing rapidly – with technological advances and demographic changes influencing broader society and the legal profession, and the disruptions and uncertainty that has been caused by COVID-19. The challenge for all of us is to be responsive and innovative in the face of change.  

The Law Society is focused on making sure we are always striving to be the best regulator we can be – and to be an effective regulator means that we focus on the right things and target our effort where there is the greatest risk and potential harm, including to consumers of legal services.  

Being an effective regulator means that we are:  

• Risk-based: we focus on the right things – targeting effort where there is the greatest risk and potential harm, including to consumers of legal services; and 
• Responsive: we apply the right approach and select the tool, based on the attitude and motivation of lawyers towards compliance. 

This strategy sets out how we will strengthen our ability to be an effective regulator. It focuses on the purpose of our regulatory role and allows us to take a broader perspective on our approach to regulation and how we focus our regulatory efforts for the benefit of both the profession and consumers of legal services.