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Services for Solicitors
The Law Society provides services to enable solicitors to thrive, wherever you are, wherever you work.
CPD training
In 2023, there were 22,076 participants in 169 professional development courses.
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Library services
The Law Society Library helped solicitors with 4,019 research queries and lent 2,745 books in 2023. Get the legal research support you need.
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Practice support
Solicitors had access to over 960 Practice Notes and made 6,814 Four Courts room bookings in 2023.
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Career support
Boost your career through programmes like the High Impact Professional series (1,973 participants) and Women in Leadership (494 participants).
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Advocacy
With 25 justice and law reform submissions over 12 months, see how we advocate for you and your clients.
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CPD training
In 2023, there were 22,076 participants in 169 professional development courses. Stay up-to-date with the latest Law Society training designed by the profession, for the profession.
Library resources
The Law Society Library helped solicitors with 4,019 research queries, lent 2,745 books and 205 eBooks in 2023. Other services include access to subject guides, reading lists, Irish and UK precedents and the comprehensive LexisLibrary legal database. Get the legal information you need to serve your clients.
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Practice Support
Solicitors had access to over 960 Practice Notes, 180 downloadable precedents and made 6,814 bookings at the Law Society’s Four Courts consultation meeting rooms in 2023. Law Society staff are also available to provide additional office support at the Four Courts.
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Career Support
Boost your career through programmes like Women in Leadership (494 participants since 2018). We also offer a programme for solicitors returning to work after a break and a dedicated website for legal job vacancies.
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Workplace performance
Through initiatives like our High Impact Professional series (reaching 1,973 solicitors over 12 months) and the subsidised therapeutic service LegalMind, the Law Society has services to support you at every stage of the legal life cycle.
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Advocacy
The Law Society is committed to supporting law reform in Ireland and helping to shape a justice system that reflects the needs of a modern, progressive, and democratic Irish society. Together with our committees, we continue to advocate on matters of consequence for the profession and the public, including 25 submissions over 12 months.
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Solicitor services
The Law Society provides support to solicitors through Information Services, Practice Support and Career Support.
Information Services
Providing solicitors, future solicitors and other stakeholders with the legal and practice information that they need.
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Providing legal workplaces with the supports to optimise their operations.
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Providing supports and services to solicitors and future solicitors at every stage of the legal life-cycle.
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