President’s Report

As circumstances continue to improve and vaccinations continue to roll out it’s that time of year when membership of the Norfolk and Norwich Law Society comes round for renewal.

Last year we were able to offer membership free of charge for individuals and firms and we welcomed record numbers of individuals and firms alike. With huge thanks for the particular efforts of Carla Morphett and Claire Louise Clarke we hosted a fantastic programme of online training, covering a huge range of practice areas and wellness for lawyers working during the pandemic. Our very own Richard Barr hosted a very lively and well-attended event too!

We’d love to keep up the great numbers of members and we already have a full and varied programme of speakers for training events for the rest of the year with more exciting announcements to come. Additionally, we’’ll also be hosting the annual dinner this year on 15th October 2021 at the Assembly House and I hope to see as many of you as possible there. If you would like to see what training is coming up then please have a look here https://www.nnls.org/events/

Membership is inexpensive and a really cost-effective way of accessing training in a wide variety of specialisms and some great expert speakers including many leading barristers. (2021/22 Membership rates detailed on page 18). We will continue to offer this training online as this has proved a very popular way for members to access the training although we will no doubt be hosting some live training events as circumstances improve.

Please can I encourage as many of you, either firms or individuals, to sign up and continue to support the really valuable work that the Society undertakes.

Thomas Bailey

President, Norfolk & Norwich Law Society