A series of talks on the future of the legal profession will start this week as the Solicitors Regulation Authority goes on the road.

Around 2,500 lawyers are expected to attend the 2011 roadshows across the country – starting at the Law Society headquarters in Chancery Lane tomorrow.

Top of the agenda at the two-hour sessions will be discussions on the new outcomes-focused approach to regulation and the proposed licensing of alternative business structures.

Backed by a series of webinars, the 15 events, to be held throughout the country, are designed to prepare law firms for the big changes that will come into being on 6 October.

After the opening presentations, delegates will also have the chance to attend three one-hour workshops focusing on the new SRA Handbook; on risk, supervision and enforcement, and authorisation.

SRA Chief Executive Antony Townsend, a keynote speaker along with SRA board chair Charles Plant tomorrow, said: ‘This year’s extensive programme of roadshows will give us the opportunity to meet the profession to explain how the new system will work in practice, and to answer questions face-to-face.

‘The workshops should prove particularly interesting and the people conducting them are looking forward to some challenging sessions.’

Places at all the roadshows were booked within days of being released, but it is still possible to book a place on the Roadshow Recap webinar, to be held on Thursday, June 30.

For more information, see the SRA page.