Overview

The Sussex Law Society, founded in 1860, is a professional organisation representing solicitors practicing in the central Sussex area. It provides valuable benefits to its members including local professional development training courses, regular social events, a monthly on-line newsletter and free advertising to members for placing job vacancies on the website and in the newsletter. The Sussex Law Society is independent of other local Law Societies and of the Solicitors' controlling bodies, The Law Society and the Solicitors' Regulation Authority (SRA). Members include employed solicitors, sole practitioners, firms specialising in particular areas of law, firms carrying on general practice, substantial regional firms & firms with international connections. As a result, the range and breadth of expertise of its members for both the private and business client is extensive. The Society's principal objectives include: The protection of the character, status, rights and interests of its members and of the profession of solicitors generally. The promotion of honourable practice among solicitors. The consideration of questions affecting the profession at large, or the alteration or administration of the law, and: The promotion of legal education.