How can I find a solicitor?

• Search Find a legal adviser on the Community Legal Advice site, or Find a solicitor on the Law Society web site. See how these two directories differ
• Alternatively, consult the printed Waterlow's solicitors' and barristers' directory, at Bedford Central, Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard libraries
• For quick access to solicitors' web sites, see Gateway > Law and your rights > Solicitors, barristers and other legal professionals

How do the directories on the Community Legal Advice and the Law Society sites differ?

• Community Legal Advice gives details of firms of solicitors that hold the Community Legal Service's quality mark. Your search results will include other help agencies matching your search criteria as well as solicitors
• The Law Society web site gives details of all solicitors so your results may show a larger number of solicitors, but they may not all have the quality mark
• On Community Legal Advice you can search a smaller number of broad subject categories, while on the Law Society site you can search a larger number of more precise  categories
• On Community Legal Advice, you can search for rather more features than on the Law Society site. For example, you can specify that you are searching for providers who are 'LSC Funded'. This means providers who will do work that is funded by the LSC (the Legal Services Commission). This funding used to be called 'Legal Aid'

Further information...

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