HoC Forum Meeting

An update following the PPR Forum Meeting hosted by Kate Hoey MP at the House of Commons. The IoP was delighted to be invited to the PPR forum meeting hosted by Kate Hoey MP last week at the House of Commons. The PPR is now recognised by key stakeholders as the over-arching voluntary regulator for Paralegals. The IoP is a ...

Quality assurance and standards in legal services - professional competence, advocacy standards and consumer protection - seminar

Morning, Wednesday, 29th November 2017 Central London THIS EVENT IS CPD CERTIFIED Quality assurance and standards in legal services - professional competence, advocacy standards and consumer protection - seminar   Morning, Wednesday, 29th November 2017 Central London THIS EVENT IS CPD CERTIFIED This seminar will focus on the priorities for ensuring quality and upholding standards in the legal sector. It is ...

Law Society will be holding it’s annual Lawyers With Disabilities conference on October 9th

Law Society will be holding it’s annual Lawyers With Disabilities conference on October 9th. The half day event is completely free and will consist of the following sessions -       Being confident with your disability -       Resilience workshop -       Wellbeing in the legal profession The day will consist of a key note address delivered by award-winning mental health campaigner Johnny Benjamin OBE and Neil Laybourn, and break out workshops that are ...

MALAGA PARALEGAL CORNER

It will not have escaped anyone that there has been a certain amount of ‘courtship’ going on between the UK and Spain in recent weeks. Something similar might be said of attempts being made to reinforce a Franco-German axis with more of a ‘presidential’ than ‘royal’ camouflage. Clearly it would be seen as letting the European side down if one ...

Rita Leat will be taking over as the new Chief Executive

The Institute is proud to announce that Rita Leat will be taking over as the new Chief Executive from 12th May 2016. Rita stated, ‘I am delighted to be taking on the role of Chief Executive and with a Fellow Director, Ian Grant, we will be setting out our strategic plan to elevate the Institute to an even higher status ...

The Institute of Paralegals awards the Diploma in English Law Studies (D.ELS) to the English Law Studies (ELS) Course of the Faculty of Law

The Dean of the Faculty, Professor Juan José Hinojosa , and Professors Miguel Angel Asensio Sánchez and Bruno Rodríguez Rosado, directors of the English Law Studies course, are proud to announce that the University of Malaga’s English Law Studies (ELS) Course (Curso de Extensión Universitaria de Derecho Inglés) has met the required standards for the award of the Institute of ...

Paralegal Conference

The IoP are delighted to announce that they are please to be sponsoring the Professional Paralegal Register Conference to be held on 22nd June 2017 at the Wyboston Lakes Conference Centre, near Bedford.  The theme of the Conference this year is: Paralegals: Future-Proofing the Profession which will be looking at your keys to success as a professional paralegal. Why should I ...