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The championing of awareness and the quality of help and legal advice by those giving it to the most disadvantaged in society is worthy of the widest support. The Criminal Law Solicitors Association (CLSA), in representing specialist criminal law solicitors, is proud of the determination of its members in helping to ensure fairness and justice in the criminal process. We actively encourage all members to be alert to all the needs of the clients they represent and in promoting greater awareness we aim to drive standards even higher.
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The General Council of the Bar represents barristers in England and Wales by: - promoting the specialist advocacy and advisory services of barristers
- ensuring access to justice on terms that are fair both to the public and practitioners
- promoting the high quality training and professional development of all barristers to ensure the highest standards of practice and ethical behaviour
- working for the efficient and cost-effective administration of justice
- encouraging access to, and diversity within, the profession so that it is open to all people of ability whatever their background
- strengthening and developing the work and the values of the Bar at home and abroad.
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The Bar Council is responsible for the maintenance of the standards, honour and independence of the Bar and, through its Professional Conduct Committee, receives and investigates complaints against members of the Bar in their professional capacity.
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The Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX) is the professional and representative body for 22,000 trainee and practicing Legal Executive lawyers across England and Wales. Legal Executives are fully qualified lawyers and are able to become partners in law firms, advocates or judges. ILEX is unique in that you don’t have to attend university to qualify as a lawyer through this route, although graduates are welcomed. All ILEX members are regulated by ILEX Professional Standards (www.ilexstandards.org.uk). ILEX is also the regulatory body for CPS Associate Prosecutors.
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The Law Society is the representative body for more than 130,000 solicitors qualified in England and Wales practising both at home and across the globe. The Society protects and promotes the interests of the profession by providing advice, training, products and services to its members, and by developing new legal markets and international networks, and influencing law and policy through representation to governments, regulators and the wider community. The profession generates two per cent of UK GDP and has a long and proud history of the highest professional standards, delivering essential services to businesses and communities. The Law Society is committed to ensuring that the unique role of solicitors is recognised and celebrated.
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The Metropolitan Police Service is keen to support all areas of diversity and enhance our service delivery. This is especially so in the area of autism. We need to understand autism and how it affects a person's behaviour and communication. We also need to know how to interact with and support people with autism, whether they are a victim, witness or perpetrator of crime. We will equip our police officers and police staff with the skills needed to support people with autism in the criminal justice system and give them access to justice. We are reminded of the importance of this by our own employees with autism and those who have relatives with autism, and are pleased to do so. We endorse this conference unreservedly.
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Nacro is the leading charity in England and Wales dedicated to making society safer by reducing offending. Our practical services give offenders and those at risk the skills, support and motivation they need to change their lives for the better. We also provide expert consultancy and training services in the fields of mental health, youth crime, prisons and resettlement, and equality and diversity. Each year Nacro helps around 90,000 people through 300 projects across England and Wales. We combine services to individuals and communities with campaigning - lobbying for better ways to reduce crime, while demonstrating how this can be done in practice.
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The Prison Reform Trust works to create a fair and decent prison system. We have two aims, the first is to keep prison for the most serious offenders and the second is to improve conditions for prisoners and their families. We look at how prisons are working, through our research programme and we campaign for government and officials to make changes. We have an information and advice service and we provide information to prisoners, their families, prison staff and the general public.
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