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This site provides a comprehensive set of links to useful legal resources, designed to be of use to the legal community in the UK and Ireland. It was set up in 1995 and is still going strong as one of the very few independent legal web sites. There are more details about the site and about me here.

Until October 2006, I did not accept advertising or sponsorship of any kind. However, I now feel that a few sponsored links are acceptable to most viewers and, quite honestly, it is rather nice to be generating income from the site! However, it will always be completely clear which entries are sponsored links. There is some information about the preparation of the adverts (which I can assist you with) at the end of this page, here.

Many of the positions described below are taken for the time being, but I operate a waiting list so you can establish yourself in the queue for a particular type of vacancy - contact me on delia@venables.co.uk.

Select the type of advertising you are interested in from the list below..
Sponsored Links Group 1 -
selling services to solicitors and to barristers		 Sponsored Links Group 2 -
solicitors marketing their services to individuals
Sponsored Links Group 3 -
solicitors marketing their services to companies 		Sponsored Links Group 4 -
groups marketing their services to students

Comments section - See some of the comments I have received about the advertising on this site.


Sponsored Links Group 1 - selling services to solicitors and to barristers

Page Name and Link Comments Who has it at the moment? Booked until
Legal Publishers There are three sponsored links on the main legal publishers page and the same adverts appear on the Case Law page. Taken by:
Lawtel
Westlaw UK
Justis. 		Booked until:
end Dec 2010
end Dec 2010
end Dec 2010
Legal Software A good place for legal software suppliers to attract the attention of visiting solicitors. Eight positions here. The adverts are also placed on a page called Work out what legal software you need. Each advert also has a position on one of the individual software pages, e.g. Software E to J and one of the individual "firms" pages, e.g. Firms A. Taken by Alphalaw and Opsis (now both owned by Iris), DPS, Eclipse, Linetime, Professional Technology, SOS and TikitTFB. Six are booked to end March 2010; one to end June 2010; one to end of July 2010.
Irish Legal Software and IT Two positions. The same adverts also appear on Irish Legal Resources, Irish firms and Northern Irish firms. Taken by Alphalaw and Opsis (now both owned by Iris). Both booked until end of March 2010.
Transcription page
 Four sponsored links here. Each advert also appears on one of the individual pages for barristers e.g Bar A to B. UKTyping
Digital Transcription for Lawyers
Voicepath
OutSec 		end of Jan 2011
end of Jan 2011
end of Jan 2011
end of Aug 2010
Digital Dictation Four sponsored links here. Each advert also appears on one of the pages for barristers or solicitors e.g. Bar R to Z. UKTyping
legalsupportnetwork.co.uk
Accuro
(one free) 		end of Jan 2011
end of Oct. 2009
end of Jan 2011
(one free)
Web Site Design, Marketing, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Web Content and Hosting Services Six positions for a web services company to attract the attention of visiting solicitors. Each of these also appear:
i) Services A to J and Services K-Z
ii) on one of the individual "firms" pages, e.g. Firms M and
iii) on one of the "sites and resources" pages, e.g. Sites D. 		Taken by
Words4Business
2Cs communications
I-COM
Conscious Solutions
Vuture
Hallam communications
 Various end dates:
end Oct 2010
end Aug 2010
end Sep 2010
end Dec 2010
end Sep 2010
end Apr 2010
Chambers This is a good place for a chambers to attract the attention of solicitors. There are six slots available; all are taken for the time being. Each of these also appear on one of the detailed pages for barristers e.g. Bar A to B.
.

Also one position for software for barristers.

One position for services to chambers

Positions taken: 23 Essex Street
No5
1 King's Bench Walk
1 Gray's Inn Square
11 Stone Buidings
9-12 Bell Yard

Taken by Barsquared for Lex software

Taken by ChambersPeople

End of May 2010
end of Dec 2010
end of Jan 2011
end of July 2010
end of June 2010
end of May 2010

end of July 2010

end of Sep 2010

CPD for barristers and solicitors There are four positions here. Each advert also appears on one of the individual pages for barristers e.g. Bar N to O. Taken by:
CPDWEBINARS
Source the Course
1 Kings Bench Walk
one free.
end March 2010
end March 2010
end Feb 2011
..
Expert Witnesses and Experts This is for registers of expert witnesses, not individual experts. Which register should someone use? One position here. This advert also appears on Bar K to M and Beginners Guide. This position has been taken by ExpertSearch.co.uk Booked until end of June 2010
Legal Jobs and Recruitment Consultants Four positions here. Each advert also appears on one of the individual pages for barristers or solicitors e.g. Bar P to Q or Firms D. Positions taken by:
ten-percent.co.uk
BCL Legal
Cogence Search
one free
 Booked until:
end of Feb 2011
end of Oct 2010
end of Oct 2010
..
Home Information Packs (HIPs) and e-conveyancing There are many organisations offering HIP's services of one kind or another. Two positions here. Taken by:
Only Conveyancing
one free 		Booked until:
end Aug 2010
..
Legal Blogs A good general advertising position. There can be two adverts here. These adverts also appears on one of the individual pages for barristers or solicitors e.g. Bar R to Z. Not taken at the moment.
 ..
Legal Resources A - Z
(overall "contents" page - positions at the top of the page) 		This section consists of useful, mainly free, information, designed for solicitors and barristers, on around 60 topics. 3 sponsored banner adverts at the top of the page. Booked by:
Lawtel
Westlaw UK
LexisNexis 		Booked until:
end Dec 2010
end Dec 2010
end Dec 2010
Legal Resources A - Z
(overall "contents" page - positions at the bottom of the page) 		This section consists of useful, mainly free, information, designed for solicitors and barristers, on around 60 topics. There can be up to 6 sponsored banner adverts at the bottom of the page, associated with adverts elsewhere on the sites section. Booked by:
Benchmark Insurance
Anglia DNA
Black Knight Associates
LPS Commercial
 Booked until:
end Jan 2011
end May 2010
end June 2010
end May 2010
Legal Resources A - Z
(individual topics pages) 		These are the particular topics of which the previous entry is the overall contents page. Each of the particular sections could have up to two sponsored links, where a company providing a service to lawyers wishes to advertise. Placements so far:
Benchmark Insurance (PI section)
LPS Commercial (PI section)
Anglia DNA (Family & Immigration)
Black Knight Associates (Business & Computer sections) 		Booked until:
end of Jan 2011
end of May 2010
end of May 2010
end of June 2010
..
WELCOME to products, services, books and events for Lawyers
 A lively and varied page of adverts, changing relatively often in most cases. No more than 12 adverts here. These adverts also appear, 3 at a time, in rotation on SIX pages:
New on the Legal Internet and
Legal Newspapers and Journals online
Legal Directories
Inns of Court
Legal sites and resources
Associations of individual lawyers.
These give the adverts wide exposure on many pages and so reach many different lawyers on different occasions. 		Positions booked by:
I-COM
QEB Hollis Whiteman
Words4Business
The EWord
epoq forDirectLaw
LexisNexis books
IRN Research
Legal Finance Professionals
SEM consultancy
1 Kings Bench Walk
WNT Legal
Hampden Chambers 		Booked until:
end May 2010
end Aug 2010
end Oct 2010
end June 2010
end Apr 2010
end June 2010
end Aug 2010
end Aug 2010
end Oct 2010
end Aug 2010
end July 2010
end June 2010
Selling and Marketing Legal Services and Documents Online including referral and marketing panels to join. Some of the most advanced methods of selling legal services online are represented here, selling to individuals and companies. Also this is the place for solicitors to consider what referral panels to join. Various positions available. Taken by:
epoq for DirectLaw
Company Warehouse
Contact Law 		Booked until:
end Apr 2010
end Jan 2011
end May 2010
About Sponsored Links
(this page) 		Three positions here Taken by:
Contact Law
Legal Advice Helpline
Legal Jobs Board 		Booked until:
end May 2010
end May 2010
end June 2010
Second Set of Advanced Internet Studies for Lawyers
 Three positions here Taken by:
Legal Jobs Board
Benchmark Insurance
one free 		Booked until:
end June 2010
end Jan 2011
..
Irish Legal Publishers There is one sponsored link on the Irish Publishers page. The same advert also appears on Irish Solicitors and Irish Legal Resources and Irish Legal Sites. Not taken. vacant.



Sponsored Links Group 2 - solicitors marketing their services to individuals

Page Name and Link Comments Who has it at the moment? Booked until
Individuals' Home Page This is a good place to catch the attention of individuals looking for a solicitor. There are two fixed positions here, and another two which are used to rotate other placements on a week by week basis. Fixed positions taken by:
Winston Solicitors
Farleys 		Booked until:
end Mar 2010
end Jan 2011
Free Legal Information for Individuals by Topic -
contents page 		Two key positions here, at the top of the page Taken by:
claims4free
Camps Solicitors 		Booked until:
end Sep 2010
end Jan 2011
Free Legal Information for Individuals by Topic -
individual topic pages 		Each section can have one or two (occasionally three) sponsored links, e.g. Accidents, Family Law, Conveyancing, Employment, and so on. These sections are widely used by members of the public looking for free legal advice - and they may well decide that they need a solicitor. Prices will vary for these sections with the less popular work areas being really quite reasonably priced! Please ask. Postions taken so far (each of these runs until the end of the month mentioned):
Accident position taken by Accident Accident, Oct 2010
Accident position taken by Pannone, April 2010
Accident position taken by Camps, January 2011
Accident position for Scotland taken by Bonnar, Dec 2010
Dental claims position taken by PI+, August 2010
Business (early stages) by Cousins Business Law, Oct 2010
Business (early stages) by Company Warehouse, Jan 2011
Conveyancing position by ONLYconveyancing.com, Aug 2010
Crime position taken by David Phillips & Partners, March 2010
Family Law position taken by Betteridges, March 2010
Family Law position taken by Woolley & co., March 2010
Claims Firms position taken by Claim Squad, Sep 2010
Claims Firms position taken by claims4free, Sep 2010
Car Crime position taken by DrivingDefences.com, Feb 2011
Scottish Car Crime taken by roadtrafficlaw.com, Feb 2011
Spanish Lawyers taken by Marbella-Lawyers.com, Jan 2011
Collaborative Law taken by Winston Solicitors, March 2010
Collaborative Law by Hartnell Chanot & Partners, July 2010
Employment Law taken by Ashby Cohen, August 2010
Employment Law taken by Abel-Brown, July 1010
Crime taken by David Phillips & Partners, Mar 2010
Scottish Law position taken by Bonnar, Dec 2010
Firms of Solicitors A good place for solicitors to catch the attention of viewers looking for a solicitor (these lists are featured on the pages for Individuals, the pages for Companies and the pages for Students). Six sponsored links on this page. The adverts are also placed on the Search page.

On the two Scottish firms pages

Taken by:
First Personal Injury
Accident compensation 4U
Personal Injury Partners
Henley Law
Pannone
Camps

Brodies
Bonnar
Road Traffic Law

 Booked until
end March 2010
end March 2010
end March 2010
end March 2010
end April 2010
end Oct 2010

end Jan 2010
end Dec 2010
end Feb 2011

Firms of Solicitors willing to offer Free Initial Advice by Email There are a large number of solicitors listed on this page - it is impressive really, since a lot of this is pro bono work. There are two positions here. Taken by:
National Legal Helpine
Legal Advice Helpline 		Booked until:
end Oct 2010
end May 2010
Selling and Marketing Legal Services and Documents Online including referral and marketing panels to join. Some of the most advanced methods of selling legal services online are represented here, selling to individuals and companies. Also this is the place for solicitors to consider what referral panels to join. Various positions available. Taken by:
epoq for DirectLaw
Company Warehouse
Contact Law 		Booked until:
end Apr 2010
end Jan 2011
end May 2010
About Sponsored Links
(this page) 		Three positions here Taken by:
Contact Law
Legal Advice Helpline
Legal Jobs Board 		Booked until:
end May 2010
end May 2010
end June 2010
About this site
 Three positions here Taken by:
Woolley & co.
Hartnell Chanot & Partners
Claims4negligence 		Booked until:
end July 2010
end July 2010
end July 2010
Advanced internet studies for lawyers
 Three positions here Taken by:
Claims4Negligence
first4lawyers
one free 		Booked until:
end July 2010
end Aug 2010
..



Sponsored Links Group 3 - solicitors marketing their services to companies

Page Name and Link Comments Who has it at the moment? Booked until
Companies' Home Page Four positions here advertising legal services to companies. One position free at the moment Taken by
Cooper Matthews
Winston Solicitors
Phoenix Company 		Booked until:
end Nov 2010
end March 2010
end Feb 2011.
Free Legal Information for companies Four positions here advertising legal services to companies. One position free at the moment. Taken by:
Cooper Matthews
A Williams & Co.
Phoenix company 		Booked until:
end Nov 2010
end of Aug 2010
end Feb 2011
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) including Adjudication, Arbitration and Mediation A web page dedicated to this topic. Two sponsored links here. One taken by A.Williams & Co.
 end of Aug 2010
Online Dispute Resolution (ADR) (online methods, software and tools) A web page dedicated to this topic. Two sponsored links here. Not taken yet. Free.
Firms of Solicitors A good place for solicitors to catch the attention of viewers looking for a solicitor (these lists are featured on the pages for Individuals, the pages for Companies and the pages for Students). Six sponsored links on this page. The adverts are also placed on the Search page.

On the two Scottish firms pages

Taken by:
First Personal Injury
Accident compensation 4U
Personal Injury Partners
Henley Law
Pannone
Camps

Brodies
Bonnar
Road Traffic Law

 Booked until
end March 2010
end March 2010
end March 2010
end March 2010
end April 2010
end Oct 2010

end Jan 2010
end Dec 2010
end Feb 2011

Selling and Marketing Legal Services and Documents Online including referral and marketing panels to join. Some of the most advanced methods of selling legal services online are represented here, selling to individuals and companies. Also this is the place for solicitors to consider what referral panels to join. Various positions available. Taken by:
epoq for DirectLaw
Company Warehouse
Contact Law 		Booked until:
end Apr 2010
end Jan 2011
end May 2010



Sponsored Links Group 4 - groups marketing their services to students

Page Name and Link Comments Who has it at the moment? Booked until
Students' Home page A good place to advertise services and resources to students. Two sponsored links on this page. Booked by
Wildy.com
Institute of Legal Secs 		Booked until:
end April 2010
end April 2010
Resources for Law Students A good place to advertise services and resources to students. Two sponsored links on this page. Booked by:
Wildy.com
One free 		Booked until:
end April 2010
one free
Careers, Training Contracts and Pupillages A good place to advertise services and resources to students. Two sponsored links on this page. Free Still free.
Courses for Law Students A good place to advertise services and resources to students. Two sponsored links on this page. Booked by:
Wildy.com
One free 		Booked until:
end April 2010
one free


Comments from advertisers (this section has only just been started!)

David Gilroy, who runs Conscious Solutions providing websites, marketing, CRM & intranets for the legal sector:-
"We have been advertising on this web site for over a year. The acquisition cost per client is bang on track with our marketing plan and the campaign has given us great exposure to a wide range of prospective clients."
Sue Gray, Director of leading chambers 1 King's Bench Walk, when asked if she would like to continue with advertising for a further year:-
"A most emphatic yes please! This is excellent advertising at a very reasonable cost."
Tim Kevan, co-founder of CPD Webinars Ltd, barrister and author of BabyBarista and the Art of War:-
Delia Venables' legal information website is in my view the most authoratitive compendium of law sites in the country and we have therefore been proud to support it since she first suggested sponsorship."


Preparation of adverts

Note that the actual sponsored link can be along any of these lines:
  1. A text based advert, possibly with logos included, where I prepare the advert (see most of the adverts on the Bar page and the Firms page).

  2. The company provide a complete banner advert for me to use (all the adverts on the Software page).

  3. The company set up a banner advert on THEIR site and I "pull in" the advert (see the CPDWebinars advert on the CPD page.)
Please contact me if you would like to discuss any variations on these three themes!

Sponsored links below....
To find a recommended solicitor in your area simply call 0800 1777 167 or visit Contact Law. You can also visit particular areas on the Contact Law site for company and commercial enquiries, conveyancing, employment law or family law.
Note for solicitors: Contact Law generates thousands of clients every month across all areas of law. To find out more, please call 0800 1777 167.

Legal Advice Helpline Legal Advice Helpline provides free, impartial advice about claiming compensation for personal injury and clinical negligence. Working closely with well respected legal firms, we help you make a no win no fee claim for injury suffered in road traffic accidents, accidents at work or any type of personal injury matter. Call free on 0800 612 3042.

Legal Jobs BoardSearch for Legal Jobs online today. We feature over 7,000 Jobs in Law online at any one time. The latest Legal Executive Jobs along with Legal Secretary Jobs and various Solicitor Jobs are on offer. We also feature a large selection of Paralegal Jobs throughout the UK. We also offer many Career Guides.

Delia Venables
10 Southway
Lewes
East Sussex BN7 1LU Telephone 01273 472424

email delia@venables.co.uk

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