Our site map should help you find where information is located on our site. You can use the section headings or text links to reach the page you wish, or use the navigation system at the top or bottom of the screen.

• WHAT WE DO - find out the Board's mission and strategic objectives, what we do and about our strategy.
• CUSTOMER SERVICE - tells you about our service standards and Complaints about the Board
• BOARD MEMBERS AND SENIOR STAFF including the Board Members' Code of Conduct and Register of Interests
• CORPORATE PUBLICATIONS - read our Corporate Plans which set out our strategy and work plans and our Annual Reports which details our performance and provides a wide range of information about legal aid.
• POLICY AND RESERACH - legal information and advice networks developments, the pilot advice partnerships, and the research we have published.
• INITIATIVES - read about Part V projects, PDSO the Public Defence Solicitors' Office and our eBusiness project.
• EQUALITY - read more about why equality matters and our equality plans

• About legal assistance through legal aid
  
• Find out more about CIVIL legal assistance, including our leaflets
  
• Read about CRIMINAL legal assistance, including our leaflets
  
• If you are an OPPONENT, find out about your rights
  
• If you are seeking legal advice, find local solicitors that offer legal aid services.
  
• You may also like to read some common questions about legal aid.

WHAT'S NEW section tells the profession about the new materials and information added to our site.

Our LIBRARY provides the legal professional with access to our range of information and guidance materials:

• Scottish Legal Aid Handbook
• Legal Aid Online
• Guidelines, guidance, manuals, category codes
• The Recorder
• Mailshots including civil reform
• Taxations
• Other materials
• Forms and find out how to order printed copies.
  

Our PRACTITIONER GUIDES pages highlight information for particular practitioners: criminal practitioners, civil practitioners, new practitioners and Training and CPD

This section provides information for advice and information professionals.

Read our press releases and contact information for journalists.

This section details how to obtain our publications, including information for the public, about the Board, policy and research publications, materials for the legal professional and how to order them.

If you need information about using our site, our help pages should enable you to find the answer you are looking for. The topics are: how to download Adobe Reader, how to read or download one of our documents , using our eForms (for the legal profession) and browsers and viewers to enable you to view all our information.

This is a section for Board staff to use. If you are looking for information on who to contact at the Board, our contact section can provide you with details.

You can search the web pages on our site using our current search service.

Our useful links section includes links for those: seeking legal advice or applying for legal aid, useful links for legal professionals, links to the site for PDSO, the Public Defence Solicitors' Office and other useful links.

This section provides our contact details, and for members of the legal profession, our specific contact information about applications mail. You can also obtain directions to find the Board. If you are a legal profession or looking to contact a specific person at the Board, you should read our staff directory.

Terms and conditions for use of this website, including our privacy policy are in this section.

Details of any vacancies are available in this section.

You can get our information leaflets in other languages or in Braille, large print, or on audio tape. Some leaflets in certain languages are available in this section.

If our site map has not helped you find some information, use our search service, or if you have any queries, contact us by email or call our Communications Office on 0131 226 7061.