Quality assurance scheme

Solicitors registered to provide legal aid services are subject to a quality assurance scheme. This means that periodically their work is reviewed by a peer reviewer, who is another solicitor trained to do quality assurance reviews.

The civil quality assurance scheme is managed by the Law Society of Scotland.

You can find out more about the requirements of the scheme on their website.

For criminal and children’s quality assurance information, please see the relevant page below.

Join our Committee

We’re looking for three lay members (non-solicitors) to join our Children’s Quality Assurance Committee and ensure professional standards. Deadline for applications is midnight on Friday 20 November 2026: Three non-solicitor members needed for Children’s Quality Assurance Committee – Scottish Legal Aid Board.

 

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Become a peer reviewer

We're looking to recruit solicitors to join our peer reviewer panels for both the Criminal & Children’s Quality Assurance Schemes to ensure standards of service

Criminal quality assurance

Find out about the peer review system for criminal legal aid solicitors and the different steps in this process.

Children's quality assurance

Learn about how the quality assurance scheme for children's legal aid operates.