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Legal Services Board

The Legal Services Board (LSB) is an independent body responsible for overseeing the regulation of solicitors, barristers, legal executives, licensed conveyors, patent and trade mark attorneys, law costs draughtsmen and notaries in England and Wales. The site provides research reports, data, policies and procedures, speeches, press releases and news items.

European Society of International Law

The European Society of International Law (ESIL) is a membership organisation designed to provide a forum for discussion and facilitate greater interaction between European lawyers on issues of international law. The site provides background information on ESIL including details of special interest groups, courses and events. Conference reports and other research material is available. There is also information about ESIL's publication, the European Journal of International Law. The site is in English and French.

Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow

The Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow (RFPG) is a membership organisation for the legal profession in Glasgow. The RFPG provides legal information and education services and represents the interests of its members. The site has details of CPD courses and services offered by the RFPG Library, including webinars that can be downloaded for a fee. There is also information about the Wills Search Database.

ClientEarth

ClientEarth is a charity whose aim is to protect the environment through the use of law. The site has profiles of its trustees, staff, associates and advisors and an outline of its activities. News and ClientEarth publications are available, including articles, reports and briefings.

Gibbs Wyatt Stone

Website of Gibbs Wyatt Stone, a UK-based law firm specialising in legal costs disputes. Includes a regular newsletter, Costs Law Update, covering legal developments, cases and publications, and the Legal Costs Blogs, with an archive of posts back to 2002.

A compilation of state lawyer licensing databases

Online guide to state lawyer licensing databases compiled by Andrew Zimmerman who is Director of Library Services at Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander LLC in Baltimore, Maryland and Trevor Rosen who is Librarian at Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler in Baltimore, Maryland. These databases can be used to check whether an individual United States lawyer is licensed to practice in a particular state. Most databases are provided by either the state bar association, the state's court system, disciplinary agency, bar examiners or licensing agency.

City of London Law Society

Website of the City of London Law Society (CLLS) the professional body representing solicitors and law firms in the City of London. The site provides organisational information about CLLS including the names of committee members, a copy of the constitution and business plan. There is information about CLLS µs specialist committees including minutes of meetings, reports and other documentation. News of the Societyãs latest activities is delivered via an e-briefing which can be downloaded from the site along with a selection of precedent documents.

Lexpert

Lexpert is a Canadian legal business news platform run by Key Media Business Information. The site includes a directory of Canadian lawyers and law firms, as well news articles and the Big Deals directory, which covers mergers and acquisitions.

Arbitral Women

Arbitral Women is a global membership and advocacy organisation for women working in arbitration and alternative dispute resolution; it also has a sub-group for young ADR practitioners. The website includes a database of ADR practitioners who are members of Arbitral Women. The Resources section has publications, a newsletter and press releases. Details of events and training programmes are also provided on the site.
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