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Review sets out “radical” options for reform of legal education and training
Tuesday, 13 March 2012More common training of would-be lawyers, sector-wide CPD, and scrapping the training contract and pupillage, are among the “more radical” options being considered by the Legal Education and Training Review, according to its first discussion paper, issued yesterday.
Tags: bar standards board, ILEX Professional Standards, legal education, legal education and training review, legal practice course, LPC, pupillage, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Barristers, hrtraining, Latest news, Legal Executives, Solicitors
Bigger than ABSs?
Monday, 5 March 2012While alternative business structures are gaining all the headlines right now, something perhaps even more fundamental is going on this year: the Legal Education and Training Review. Many know it’s happening, but I suspect few quite understand how radically it could reshape the foundation of becoming a lawyer. I don’t think I did until last week, when I attended the first of a series of five seminars being run by the Legal Services Board, this one in association with the Legal Services Institute.
Tags: bar standards board, Barristers, ILEX Professional Standards, legal education, legal education and training review, legal practice course, licensed conveyancers, Solicitors, Solicitors Regulation Authority, will-writing
Posted in Blog
Peers bid to introduce statutory control of third-party "capture" and tighten up referral fee ban
Friday, 25 November 2011Peers have launched a bid to curb third-party capture of potential claimants by insurance companies, and also spell out the proposed referral fee ban in greater detail – while carving out an exception for payments to provide a pooled marketing service.
Tags: Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, legal practice course, personal injury, referral fees, SLAS
Posted in News
Exclusive: LPC aptitude test offers “number of benefits”, says Law Society report
Monday, 20 June 2011There could be several benefits from using an aptitude test to exclude law students who are most likely to fail the legal practice course (LPC), according to a report for the Law Society. However, it said linking a test to the likelihood of gaining a training contract would be “more difficult” to justify.
Tags: Law Society, legal education, legal practice course
Posted in hrtraining, News
Bar students set for first LPC exemptions, but will providers discount their fees?
Tuesday, 14 June 2011Bar students are set to become the first group offered exemptions from parts of the legal practice course (LPC), it has emerged. However, LPC providers will not be required to offer a discount on fees. The move has been driven by changes to the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme.
Tags: bar professional training course, legal practice course, LPC, qualified lawyers transfer scheme
Posted in Barristers, hrtraining, News, Solicitors
News in brief: quality schemes probe, fast-track LPC for all, CQS on the up and more
Thursday, 2 June 2011Our regular round-up of developments you need to know about includes a call for advice on voluntary quality schemes, the opening up of the legal market in Korea, the College of Law’s fast-track LPC, the continuing fight over the scope of legal professional privilege, CQS hitting 200 firms and much more.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, Bar Council, conveyancing quality scheme, CQS, Law Society, legal practice course, Legal Services Board
Posted in News In Brief
News in brief: honest feedback for LeO, law firm finances, LPO survey and much more
Tuesday, 19 April 2011Our regular round-up of snippets of news that you need to know takes in the Legal Ombudsman, conveyancing, financial difficulties for law firms, a shortfall of LPC graduates, the first divorce app, new members for LawNet, an LPO survey, the new Law Society deputy vice-president, and Expert Answers’ affiliate programme.
Tags: conveyancing, Legal Ombudsman, legal practice course, legal process outsourcing, LeO, LPO, Technology
Posted in Finance, Legal Ombudsman, News, News In Brief, Outsourcing
When three into two will go
Tuesday, 1 February 2011Doing a law degree was great. Not because of the law, I should say, but because the 10 or so hours a week of formal studying left lots of time for other, somewhat more fulfilling activities. It would be wrong to say I got nothing from my degree – and compared to the soul-destroying Law Society Finals it was an absolute riot – and so I have been unsure how to react to the debate about the College of Law’s new two-year law degree, following BPP’s lead.
Tags: law degree, legal practice course
Posted in Blog
Minister “interested in aptitude tests” as survey reveals lawyers’ public school bias
Monday, 15 November 2010Universities minister David Willetts has expressed interest in aptitude testing as a way to address “inequities in earlier educational experience” for those looking to enter the professions, it has emerged. The news comes as a survey released today shows that having a public school education makes it seven times more likely you will become a legal professional than if you are state-educated.
Tags: bar professional training course, diversity, legal practice course, Legal Services Board
Posted in hrtraining, Latest news, Legal Services Board
Weekly round-up: aptitude tests, Susskind, firms squeezed and overblown reputations
Friday, 17 September 2010This week’s round-up of other relevant news and comment on the web takes in reaction to our story on an aptitude test for LPC students, Professor Richard Susskind’s thoughts ahead of an updated version of his book coming out, fears of big financial pressures on law firms, a survey that shows solicitors think too much of their own reputation, and much more.
Tags: LDP, legal practice course, marketing, outsourcing, price comparison, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Further reading, News