Skip to content
Law Society of Scotland
Search
Find a Solicitor
Contact us
About us
Sign in
Search
Find a Solicitor
Contact us
About us
Sign in
  • For members

    • For members

    • CPD & Training

    • Membership and fees

    • Rules and guidance

    • Regulation and compliance

    • Journal

    • Business support

    • Career growth

    • Member benefits

    • Professional support

    • Lawscot Wellbeing

    • Lawscot Sustainability

  • News and events

    • News and events

    • Law Society news

    • Blogs & opinions

    • CPD & Training

    • Events

  • Qualifying and education

    • Qualifying and education

    • Qualifying as a Scottish solicitor

    • Career support and advice

    • Our work with schools

    • Funding your education

    • Social mobility

  • Research and policy

    • Research and policy

    • Research

    • Influencing the law and policy

    • Equality and diversity

    • Our international work

    • Legal Services Review

    • Meet the Policy team

  • For the public

    • For the public

    • What solicitors can do for you

    • Making a complaint

    • Client protection

    • Find a Solicitor

    • Frequently asked questions

    • Your Scottish solicitor

  • About us

    • About us

    • Contact us

    • Who we are

    • Our strategy, reports and plans

    • Help and advice

    • Our standards

    • Work with us

    • Our logo and branding

    • Equality and diversity

  1. Home
  2. News and events
  3. Blogs & opinions
  4. What is important to young lawyers? Have your (anonymous) say in the IBA’s Young Lawyers Survey

What is important to young lawyers? Have your (anonymous) say in the IBA’s Young Lawyers Survey

8th July 2020 | New lawyers , Research and policy

The International Bar Association invites young lawyers in the Scottish legal profession to take part in their worldwide survey to understand future trends.

The International Bar Association (IBA) is conducting a research project focusing on the interests of young lawyers around the world. The anonymous Young Lawyers Survey takes approximately 15 minutes to complete and is open to all lawyers aged 40 and under (you do not need to be an IBA Member to respond). The survey is available in both English and Spanish.

Young lawyers are the future leaders of the legal profession: therefore, it is in all of our best interests that talented individuals stay working in the law to contribute to its advancement, reform, and championing of the rule of law. What young lawyers experience and how their interests are managed will undoubtedly affect their future at their workplace, the legal sector in which they work, and the legal profession more generally.

The survey, developed in collaboration with consultancy firm Acritas (part of Thomson Reuters), will be used to collect data on the collective interests, priorities, and concerns of young lawyers. Determining the factors that affect young lawyers’ decisions to move workplaces is a crucial part of the research project.

Approximately 80 per cent of questions are multiple choice, and all questions are related to issues affecting young lawyers, including factors influencing a decision to move workplaces, impacts on career progression, and the effect of technology and artificial intelligence in the workplace. Workplace bullying, sexual harassment and mental health are covered in the survey as part of the IBA’s continued commitment to addressing these issues in the legal profession. Those taking part are also invited to share their experiences concerning the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.

The IBA hopes to use this data, and any trends that may appear, to generate dialogue between young lawyers and the current leaders of the legal profession. Reflection is a key part of any development process and the data gathered by this survey will provide a greater understanding of how, as a profession, we can drive forward positive change.

If you are a lawyer aged 40 or under, we encourage your participation in the IBA’s survey: you can find the survey here. If you do not fit the criteria for the target audience, please forward the link to your friends, colleagues and wider network.

Our wellbeing strategy

Find out what actions we are committed to undertaking as part of our Wellbeing Strategy, in addition to the research that underpins our work.

Read more about Our wellbeing strategy
Add To Favorites

Additional

Categories

  • Equality and diversity
  • opinion
  • practice management
  • law society of scotland
  • executries
  • tax
  • mental health-adult incapacity
  • trusts-asset management
  • employment
  • europe
  • civil litigation
  • professional regulation
  • family-child law
  • criminal law
  • information technology
  • careers
  • reparation
  • human rights
  • property (non-commercial)
  • consumer
  • licensing
  • commercial property
  • planning/environment
  • insolvency
  • immigration
  • government-administration
  • welfare/benefits
  • client relations
  • education-training
  • interview
  • dispute resolution
  • corporate
  • agriculture-crofting
  • reviews
  • banking-financial services
  • intellectual property
  • New lawyers
  • Business support
  • Law Society news
  • Non-regulatory committees
  • Regulatory Committee
  • Career growth
  • International
  • Schools
  • Wellbeing
  • Member benefits
  • Professional support
  • Research and policy
  • In-house lawyers
  • Regulation
  • For the public
  • Legal aid
  • obituary
  • Public Policy Committee
  • Sustainability
  • Professional support
  • Technology
  • Wellbeing

News Archive

  • 2025
  • 2024
  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013
  • 2012
  • 2011
  • 2010
  • 2009
  • 2008

Related articles

  • A Street Law perspective: Engaging schools in a legal career
  • Politics and the 2025 Programme for Government
  • Kicking off Street Law: Preparing to train the next generation of lawyers
  • 2024’s In-house Rising Star: My legal journey and why I chose a career in-house
Law Society of Scotland
Atria One, 144 Morrison Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8EX
If you’re looking for a solicitor, visit FindaSolicitor.scot
T: +44(0) 131 226 7411
E: lawscot@lawscot.org.uk
About us
  • Contact us
  • Who we are
  • Strategy reports plans
  • Help and advice
  • Our standards
  • Work with us
Useful links
  • Find a Solicitor
  • Sign in
  • CPD & Training
  • Rules and guidance
  • Website terms and conditions
Law Society of Scotland | © 2025
Made by Gecko Agency Limited