Practice Essentials provide solicitors with practical, ready-to-use, templates, guides, and resources aimed at the real day-to-day challenges of running a practice. Launched in April this year, Practice Essentials provide solicitors with practical, ready-to-use, templates, guides, and resources aimed at the real day-to-day challenges of running a practice. To access these resources, view Practice Essentials.
The next update will focus on regulatory compliance and will be launched at the Law Society’s Well Within the Law Festival West in Galway on 14 October 2026. This Guide will provide support and guidance on a range of topics, including:
- Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) and practising certificate renewal
- Section 150 compliance and templates
- How to prepare for a Law Society inspection
- How to handle client moneys
- AML – top 10 compliance tips
- Opening and closing a firm
- Terms and Conditions of Business
- Emergency planning
- Complaints handling
If you would like to attend the launch in Galway, please RSVP for Festival West.
Regulatory Support Clinics
We continue to pilot our new resource tool, regulatory support clinics, at nationwide CPD cluster events. The aim of these clinics is to support solicitors with meeting their regulatory compliance obligations, and to assist in any way we can.
Without undermining our statutory responsibilities as a regulator, these clinics will allow solicitors to meet with Law Society personnel to discuss any regulatory concerns or difficulties they may have.
The next support clinics are arranged for the following dates:
- 8 October 2026: Kilkenny Law Society Cluster
- 19 November 2026: Cork Law Society Cluster
- 3 December 2026: Dublin Law Society Skillnet Cluster
The clinics will operate a drop-in service for solicitors who have registered for the cluster event, where you can raise any concerns you have on the day. For further information, email: regulationanswers@lawsociety.ie.
Please note, while the purpose of these regulatory support clinics is to provide general support and guidance to solicitors, as a statutory regulator, the Law Society will have to act if any type of serious breach, fraud or illegality is disclosed.
Regulation Matters – webinar series
Our webinar series continues in autumn with a focus on ethics and AI:
- 20 October: Ethics and the In-house Lawyer 2026 update
- 10 November: AI and ethics (bookings open soon.)
You can also access the following webinars recorded earlier this year:
- Dealing with Complaints: Speakers from the Legal Services Regulatory Authority and practitioners with experience representing solicitors in complaints hearings provide their insights and guidance.
- Top Ten Tips for Solicitors’ Accounts: Experts from our team of investigating accountants discuss the most common issues and mistakes encountered at Law Society inspections and how these might be avoided. The webinar is suitable for solicitors, bookkeepers, and other colleagues dealing with solicitors’ accounts in a practice, including sole practitioners and compliance partners.
Need help? Try our helpline
The Regulation Answers telephone helpline is open from 9.00 –16.00, Monday to Friday. Call 01 879 8788 or email regulationanswers@lawsociety.ie
You can also find guidance and resources on the website - access the Regulation Answers hub.
Please note, the helpline is for general guidance queries only. It cannot provide legal advice, offer second opinions, or comment on specific scenarios or circumstances.
