The Society of Conservative Lawyers, founded in 1947, is one of the UK’s leading think tanks and serves as the home of the legal profession within the Conservative Party and on the centre-right of UK politics.
Our role:
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Support the Conservative and Unionist Party
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Uphold the principles of justice and democracy
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Carry out and publish research in the fields of law and public policy
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Host lectures and social events for like-minded members of the legal profession
RESEARCH EVENTS PUBLICATIONS
PAPER: Access to justice in the 2020s
Lord Sandhurst QC lays out recommendations for a joined up approach to Legal Aid, funding and procedural reform in the Civil and Family Courts for the new Conservative Government.
PAPER: No place for oral hearings in the appointment of Supreme Court judges
Texts of speeches by Lord Sandhurst QC, Oliver Sells QC and Anthony Speaight QC at a meeting in the House of Commons on 24 February 2020. A research paper by Lyell Scholar, Louis Flood, appears in the Appendix.
ANNUAL DINNER: Guest speaker Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP
PAPER: Page 48 of the Conservative Party Manifesto, 2019 and the proposed Constitution, Democracy & Rights Commission
