Benefits of accreditation scheme membership
- Accreditation schemes boost public awareness of the need to choose legal representatives carefully.
- Accreditation schemes assure potential clients that the representatives they choose have appropriate knowledge and skills.
- Scheme members are authorised to use a brand.
- Scheme membership can serve as a marketing tool for individual practitioners and their firms.
- Scheme membership is recognised by the Legal Services Commission for the purposes of compliance with its Quality Mark standards.
- Scheme members can order free copies of a colour leaflet entitled Your guide to finding expert legal help; aimed at consumers, the leaflet outlines the benefits of using the services of panel and accreditation scheme members. To obtain print copies of the leaflet, download an order form (PDF 35K), and complete and submit it by email, fax, telephone or post. An online version of the leaflet is also available: Your guide to finding expert legal help (PDF 68K).
We have developed a brand for each accreditation scheme, which members can use for their stationery and promotional material. Only scheme members are permitted to use the brands.
The accreditation scheme brands are immediately recognisable to consumers choosing a lawyer.
Choose from the options on the left if you wish to learn more about ways in which you can make the most of professional accreditation.