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Exclusive: SRA chairman says too many solicitors are "simply not good enough"
Wednesday, 14 November 2012There are too many solicitors in England and Wales “who are simply not good enough”, the chairman of the Solicitors Regulation Authority claimed yesterday. He told the 500 firms yet to nominate COLPs that “enough is enough” – they face having their right to practise withdrawn.
Tags: COFA, COLP, compliance officer for finance and administration, compliance officer for legal practice, Law Society, legal education and training review, legal practice course, Legal Services Board, LETR, outcomes-focused regulation, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Solicitors
From school-leavers to lawyers – CILEx and College of Law strike ‘one-stop shop’ training deal
Thursday, 8 November 2012The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) has formed a strategic collaboration with the College of Law to offer legal employers training options for all staff, from school leavers to fully qualified lawyers.
Tags: Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, legal education and training review, LETR
Posted in hrtraining, Latest news
Law Society attacks notion that education and training regime is broken
Monday, 5 November 2012The final discussion paper produced by the Legal Education and Training Review “lacks rigour and is therefore unhelpful” in concluding that the current system is unfit for purpose, the Law Society has said. But it strongly backed creating alternative routes to qualification.
Tags: continuing professional development, CPD, Law Society, legal education and training review, legal practice course, LETR, LPC, work-based learning
Posted in hrtraining, Latest news
Be bold and ignore the vested interests, LETR told
Thursday, 25 October 2012There is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to produce a “bold blueprint” for change in legal education and training, but “vested interests” are striving to water it down, the Legal Services Consumer Panel has cautioned.
Tags: continuing professional development, legal education and training review, Legal Services Consumer Panel, LETR
Posted in Consumer panel, hrtraining, Latest news
Susskind lays out blueprint for education and training reform
Thursday, 18 October 2012The Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) should recruit a high-powered team of young lawyers to vet its proposals and provide fresh insights into the future of the legal marketplace, Professor Richard Susskind has urged.
Tags: bar standards board, ILEX Professional Standards, legal education and training review, LETR, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Barristers, hrtraining, Latest news, Legal Executives, Solicitors
Back to business
Monday, 3 September 2012That was the third August through which Legal Futures has reported, and each time it has proven a surprisingly busy month. The last four and a half weeks have left us with plenty to ponder. First up we are finally starting to see alternative business structures approved on a regular basis; this is not great surprise now that we are eight months into the process. There was also the second discussion paper from the Legal Education and Training Review and the Law Society cancelling its annual conference.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, bar standards board, ILEX Professional Standards, Law Society, legal education and training review, Legal Services Board, LETR, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Blog
LETR team floats radical reforms to “unfit” training regime
Wednesday, 29 August 2012The system for training lawyers is not fit for purpose, the Legal Education and Training Review research team has suggested. The team of academics floated a series of ideas that in some instances would represent radical reform of the present regime.
Tags: bar professional training course, bar standards board, ILEX Professional Standards, Institute of Chartered Accountants, legal education and training review, legal practice course, LETR, LPC, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Barristers, hrtraining, Latest news, Legal Executives, Solicitors
Goodbye lawyer, hello legal workflow and process analyst
Tuesday, 17 July 2012Innovative legal businesses such as Riverview Law, Co-operative Legal Services and Parabis are demanding a new approach to educating and training new lawyers as they create different roles for them, such as project management and data analysis.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, legal education, legal education and training review
Posted in hrtraining, Latest news, Market monitor
Susskind: the market will “do its stuff” as ABSs drive unimagined efficiencies
Thursday, 12 July 2012It will take up to 10 years for the true effects of alternative business structures (ABSs) to be felt, Professor Richard Susskind said this week. He said the only certainty at the moment was that much of the £25bn legal market is “very inefficient”.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, legal education and training review
Posted in Alternative business structures, hrtraining, Latest news, Market monitor
Training review to put values and ethics at “core of legal services”
Thursday, 12 July 2012Putting “values and ethics” at the heart of legal services provision will be one of the key themes taken forward by the Legal Education and Training Review following a major symposium in Manchester, along with quality of legal services and paralegals.
Tags: ethics, legal education and training review, LETR
Posted in hrtraining, Latest news