LAPG

LAPG is a membership body representing legal aid practitioners in England and Wales and the clients they serve. We believe that access to justice is a fundamental right and as such we campaign for a fair, comprehensive and accessible legal aid scheme... LAPG represents practitioners across England and Wales. We campaign on behalf of our membership and have ongoing dialogue with the LAA and MOJ to raise issues of concern to legal aid practitioners - solicitors, barristers, legal executives, caseworkers, costs lawyers - anyone working in and delivering legal aid services. Members of LAPG receive regular updates about developments in the operation of the legal aid scheme and policy issues. Members have access to discounted training courses and events such as our well-regarded annual conference... The legal aid scheme changed fundamentally following the introduction in April 2013 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO). Since then the take-up of legal aid has..

Also known as: Legal Aid Practitioners Group

Primary location: London United Kingdom