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Corporate Members 2021

3PB Albion Chambers Ashfords Barcan + Kirby Battens Beale & Co BLM Burges Salmon Clarke Willmott CMS CMNO Cooke Painter Ltd Clyde & Co DAC Beachcroft The Family Law Practice Foot Anstey (including Enable Law) Fussell Wright GL Law Guildhall Chambers Irwin Mitchell Solicitors Lyons Davidson Marc White & Co Meade King Osborne Clarke Paragon Costs Solutions Queen Square Chambers … more

BLS features in Bristol Post oldest thriving companies in Bristol

Excerpt from the article: How Bristol’s oldest companies are still thriving after more than 100 years in business They include the city’s last-surviving chocolate maker a wine merchant and a tannery. Why do some companies struggle to survive beyond a year while others flourish for hundreds? Although more than 90 per cent of small companies in Britain will survive one … more

No 12, The Meeting Rooms – Conference, Meeting and Mediation Rooms for Hire

Please note that the BLS office is shut to members at present as we continue to work from home during the pandemic.  Bristol Law Society’s suite of conference and meeting rooms including a suite of mediation rooms are conveniently located in the centre between the Waterfront Area and the Old City in a modern building situated on the corner of … more

Members & Benefits

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Bristol Law Society

Bristol Law Society is a private members’ local law society of about 4500 which represents and supports the local legal community. Membership is renewable annually and is open to all solicitors, barristers, trainee solicitors, pupil barristers and F/CILEX members who are entitled to join as Associates Members if not eligible for full membership. For more information see About Us. To apply to join, you must have a proposer and seconder who are members of Bristol Law Society.  If you do not know a member of BLS and wish to join, please do contact us and we will assist in finding requisite members on council who can support your application. All cheques should be sent to the office and made payable to Bristol Law Society or we can invoice you. If you have any queries, please contact us at membership@bristollawsociety.com.

Membership confers a number of benefits including access to various special offers and special rates to attend BLS events. Members receive the Bristol Law Society monthly news and views magazine, Legal Life.

To apply for Full Membership, please complete the attached form

Membership Form – and return to the BLS Office.

To apply for Associate Membership, please complete the attached form

Membership Form Associate – and return to the BLS Office.

To apply for Associate Membership (Students), please complete the attached form

Membership Form Associate (students) – and return to the BLS office.

SUBSCRIPTIONS RENEWAL FOR EXISTING BRISTOL LAW SOCIETY MEMBERS

Subscriptions for the new membership year became due on 1 December each year  All members will receive a letter from the BLS Office advising them that their membership is due for renewal.  A letter will also be sent to firms with a list of members. Subscription rates have not been increased and are as follows:

Membership Rates (Full Members)

□ Partner, Principal, or Sole Practitioner [ £100.00 p.a. ]
□ Employed Solicitor with 3 years PQE+ [ £60.00 p.a. ]
□ Employed Solicitor with less than 3 years PQE [ £40.00 p.a. ]
□ Retired or unemployed Solicitor [ £30.00 p.a. ]
□ Corporate Rate – available on request.

Membership Rates (Associate Members)

□ Barrister [ £100.00 p.a ].
□ Trainee or chartered legal executive; paralegal or legal assistant; licensed conveyancer; registered foreign lawyer; etc [ £40.00 p.a. ].
□ Retired or employed by a recognised provider of legal education [ £30.00 p.a. ].
□ Trainee Solicitor; Pupil or Trainee Barrister; Undergraduate or post graduate student [ FREE ].

Cheques should be made payable to Bristol Law Society Limited and sent to the BLS Office.  Bank details for BACS payments are included on all invoices which are available upon request.

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