The Society of Asian Lawyers (SAL) is the UK´s largest independent legal society, with in excess of 1500 legal and other professional members. SAL members encompass a cross section of the legal world and include partners in high profile city firms, leading barristers and QCs, in-house counsel, high street practitioners, legal executives, trainees, pupils, students and everyone in between.

SAL was formed in 1990 and was a vision of forward thinking Asian legal professionals who wanted a voice for the Asian legal community, as well as a forum to discuss important relevant issues and developments. Moreover, they wanted to create a networking hub for like-minded individuals.

SAL is a non-political and fully independent organisation run by volunteers and receives no funding from external sources. We rely entirely on our members’ support, loyalty and profits from our events including annual ball as our main source of income and are therefore heavily reliant on the commitment and loyalty of our members to make SAL flourish.

SAL has gone from strength to strength, increasing its profile within the legal fraternity as well as within the community. SAL is involved with and continues to make representations and part take in consultations with the Legal Services Board, The Law Society, Bar Council, Solicitors Regulation Authority, Bar Standards Board, Judicial Appointments Commission, Amnesty International, Crown Prosecution Service, Metropolitan Police, Serious Fraud Office, Legal Services Commission, NORAD and etc. SAL has been featured in the press, including Eastern Eye, Asian Voice, The Times, The Law Society Gazette and BBC.

Today, SAL continues to be involved in high profile and far-reaching issues on behalf of its members and the wider community. For further details please visit our Projects Section.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us using the details under the Contact Us page of this site.

To find out more about how to become a member of SAL and the benefits of doing so, please refer to our Members page.

Aims and Objectives

The aims and objectives of the Society are to:

  • Promote and develop the legal profession within the Asian community in the United Kingdom.
  • provided legal assistance where possible to the Asian community at large or such other community as the Society shall consider from time to time to be appropriate;
  • support, develop and encourage Asians within the legal profession in order to assist them in their career aspirations; and
  • promote diversity and equality of opportunity for Asian lawyers within the legal profession.
  • providing a forum for Asian lawyers to exchange knowledge, experience and assistance;
  • providing a forum for Asian lawyers to understand new legal and business developments and requirements;
  • developing and maintaining relations with the General Council of the Bar, the Law Society for England and Wales, members of the judiciary, the government and any other body that the Society considers appropriate;
  • assisting in the recruitment of Asians within and into the legal profession;
  • organising functions, meetings talks or other suitable initiatives that are open to members and occasionally to non members notwithstanding that some events may be open to members only;
  • co-operating or working with other organisations whose interests and objectives are similar to those of the Society; or
  • raising the awareness of the Society within the legal profession and without, as appropriate.