LEGAL AID: Work-placement Report 'Legal Aid Franchising'
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LEGAL AID: Work-placement Report 'Legal Aid Franchising' LEGAL AID. FRANCHISING: THE NEXT STEP FORWARD? Legal Aid franchising is perhaps the most controversial legal practice issue the legal profession has had to deal with in the last few years. The Legal Action Group (L.A.G.) which, from its inception, has campaigned to maintain an access to the legal system for all regardless of means. L.A.G. is concerned about many of the issues thrown up by franchising. While remaining sceptical, it has taken the opportunity of educating the legal profession by running courses on the requirements involved in franchising. These courses began with a forum discussing the issues raised by franchising which was attended by organisations and practitioners concerned with the introduction of franchising. It was followed by sixteen courses presented by Professor Avrom Sherr, one of the architects of the transaction criteria, one of the practicalities involved in gaining a franchise. I attended...


