Ep 11: Managing partners in Wales with Clive Thomas

Ep 11: Managing partners in Wales with Clive Thomas

People, technology and regulation: managing partners across Wales are facing the same challenges. Clive Thomas joins us on the Welsh Legal Desk. With more than 35 years’ experience, he’s managing director at Watkins & Gunn Solicitors and chairs the National Board for Wales’ Managing Partners Subgroup. He’s been meeting with firm leaders across Wales to understand how these pressures are shaping practice. From recruitment and retention to the rise of AI, firms are under pressure to adapt. If you’re a managing partner in Wales and would like to join a future Managing Partners Subgroup meeting, please email wales.office@lawsociety.org.uk.

Ep 10. State of the Nation

What does the legal system in Wales look like today and where is it heading? In our State of the Nation episode of the Welsh Legal Desk, we bring together perspectives from across the profession. Jonathan Davies, David McNeill and Mark Davies discuss: * the pressure facing the courts * access to justice * devolution and the future of Welsh law From the reality on the ground to the longer-term challenges, the conversations reflect both the scale of the issues and the opportunities to strengthen the system. — Sut olwg sydd ar y system gyfreithiol yng Nghymru heddiw, a ble mae’n mynd? Mae’r pennod State of the Nation’ o'r Welsh Legal Desk yn dod â safbwyntiau o bob rhan o’r proffesiwn ynghyd. Mae Jonathan Davies, David McNeill a Mark Davies yn trafod: * y pwysau sy’n wynebu’r llysoedd * mynediad at gyfiawnder * datganoli a dyfodol cyfraith Cymru O realiti’r sefyllfa o ddydd i ddydd i’r heriau tymor hir, mae’r trafodaethau’n adlewyrchu maint y problemau a’r cyfleoedd i gryfhau’r system.

Ep 9. Highlights: Wales' Legal Landscape with Adam Price MS

This highlights episode of the Welsh Legal Desk brings together key moments from our conversation with Adam Price MS, former leader of Plaid Cymru, on the legal landscape in Wales, the future of justice and the pressures facing the legal system. A full discussion is available in Welsh.

Pennod 8. Tirwedd gyfreithiol Cymru gydag Adam Price AS

Yn y bennod Gymraeg hon o'r Welsh Legal Desk, mae Adam Price AS, cyn-arweinydd Plaid Cymru, yn ymuno â ni i drafod y dirwedd gyfreithiol yng Nghymru. Mae'r sgwrs yn rhoi sylw i ôl-groniadau yn y llysoedd, carchardai gorlawn a'r diffeithwch cyfreithiol, ochr yn ochr â lefelau uwch o angen cyfreithiol a galw cynyddol am gymorth cyfreithiol. Mae Adam hefyd yn holi a yw'r trefniadau ariannu presennol yn adlewyrchu amgylchiadau cymdeithasol ac economaidd ein gwlad, a pham mae hyn yn bwysig ar gyfer sut mae'r maes cyfiawnder yn cael ei lywodraethu a'i gyflawni. Mae'r bennod yn edrych ymlaen at ddyfodol y proffesiwn yng Nghymru, gan gynnwys denu a chadw talent gyfreithiol a rôl addysg a hyfforddiant cyfreithiol.

Ep 7. Access to Justice and Legal Deserts with Mick Antoniw MS

Access to Justice and Legal Deserts with Mick Antoniw MS | Mynediad at Gyfiawnder ac Anialwch Cyfreithiol gyda Mick Antoniw AS  Joshua Hurst, Wales Public Affairs and Policy Adviser, is joined by Mick Antoniw MS, former Counsel General for Wales and MS for Pontypridd.  They explore the rise of legal deserts in Wales, how to widen access to legal aid, and the challenges facing young lawyers in criminal practice. Mick shares his views on solicitor apprenticeships, law centres, and the investment needed to keep local firms at the heart of communities.  The conversation also looks at the case for devolving justice functions from youth justice to probation and the opportunities a dedicated Welsh Ministry of Justice could bring.  Yn ymuno â Joshua Hurst, Cynghorydd Materion Cyhoeddus a Pholisi Cymru, mae Mick Antoniw AS, cyn Gwnsler Cyffredinol Cymru a’r Aelod o’r Senedd dros Bontypridd.  Maen nhw’n pwyso a mesur cynnydd anialwch cyfreithiol yng Nghymru, sut i ehangu mynediad at gymorth cyfreithiol, a'r heriau sy'n wynebu cyfreithwyr ifanc mewn ymarfer troseddol. Mae Mick yn rhannu ei farn ar brentisiaethau i gyfreithwyr, canolfannau cyfreithiol, a'r buddsoddiad sydd ei angen i gadw cwmnïau lleol yng nghalon eu cymunedau.  Mae'r sgwrs hefyd yn edrych ar yr achos dros ddatganoli swyddogaethau cyfiawnder o gyfiawnder ieuenctid i’r gwasanaeth prawf a'r cyfleoedd y gallai Gweinyddiaeth Gyfiawnder i Gymru eu cynnig.