With the government resisting attempts to secure additional public funding for legal aid, the pressures on practitioners continue to grow. How do you make legal aid profitable?. This book for legal aid practitioners points out the pitfalls and suggests ways in which legal aid practices can be run more efficiently. The need for efficient case management and office systems is stressed. Form-filling is the bane of the legal aid lawyer's life. The book will show how to avoid unnecessary mistakes and so keep delays to a minimum. It looks at the problems of cash flow and suggests ways in which this can be increased. The book shows how to avoid the procedural defects that can cause the rejection of bills. The precedents that complement the text will give confidence to junior members of staff in any practice that offers legal aid work. Solicitors in mixed practices which include legal aid clients will welcome the ideas and practical suggestions for making legal aid work pay.