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“Building a growing army of enemies”
Monday, 21 February 2011The Inner Temple’s seminar on the future of legal education provided a stimulating finish to last week. It was the first such discussion since the announcement of the review of education and training being conducted jointly by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, Bar Standards Board and ILEX Professional Standards, under the beady eye of the Legal Services Board.
Tags: bar professional training course, bar standards board, legal education, Solicitors Regulation Authority
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
Notes on a scandal
Thursday, 9 September 2010Law students have been here before. When I first started working on the Law Society Gazette in 1996, I went to Trainee Solicitors Group conferences where I would meet legal practice course graduates who had unsuccessfully applied for literally hundreds of training contracts.
Tags: bar professional training course, legal practice course, LPC
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Revealed: Law Society considers aptitude test to reduce numbers on LPC
Thursday, 9 September 2010The Law Society is considering introducing an aptitude test for entry onto the legal practice course that will reduce student numbers, Legal Futures can reveal. Other initiatives being examined are a “warts and all” guide to qualification as a solicitor and incentives for firms to provide training contracts.
Tags: bar professional training course, Law Society, legal practice course
Posted in hrtraining, News, Solicitors
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What high-performing consumer claims firms get right
Recurring concerns about parts of the volume claims sector show that the gap between well-run firms and those struggling to manage volume effectively is widening.
The SRA’s 2025 AML report: What law firms need to know
The SRA has released its 2024-25 anti-money laundering report and the scale of supervision is striking – it carried out 935 proactive engagements in the year to 5 April 2025.
The managing partner in 2026: skills, security and strategic technology
The legal sector stands at a pivotal moment. The pace of technological change is accelerating, cyber threats are becoming more sophisticated, and client expectations are higher than ever.
