You can view the speech from Kevin Richardson, President of the Hampshire Law Society.
The Legal Services Board want to ensure that everyone who needs legal advice knows how to access it, and can get the help they need at a price they can afford. We want to ensure effective regulation enables a strong, diverse and competitive profession, but we know we can’t achieve this alone.
How can we work together to improve access to justice and increase public trust in legal services?
Join us in Southampton to:
- Explore the challenges and opportunities from the legal services profession in the South of England
- What does the future of the legal sector look like?
- Share your views on real-world challenges
We will be hearing from:
- Introduction from Catherine Brown, Interim Chair of the Legal Services Board
- Welcome from Professor Werner Scholtz, Head of Law School, University of Southampton
- Speech from Kevin Richardson, President of the Hampshire Law Society
- Presentation from Southampton law students on the future of lawyering: Danica Custance and Jessica Bosworth
The event is open to lawyers, future lawyers, consumer organisations, academics, researchers, charities, advice agencies, innovators, tech companies and other businesses, regulators, and representative bodies—anyone with a role to play in ensuring that legal services better meet the needs of the people who need them
Location
The event is kindly hosted by the University of Southampton
Date: 3 December 2025
Time: 4pm to 5.30pm
Sign up: To book your place, email events@legalservicesboard.org.uk
We look forward to welcoming you to this in-person event.
Our Reshaping Legal Services strategy sets out our ambition to make sure regulation supports access to legal services for the individuals and businesses that need them. As the oversight regulator of legal services, we are interested in exploring areas where regulation can have the greatest impact.
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