Important changes to Public Access training – Bar Standards Board
“New training requirements for Public Access barristers will come into force later this year.”
Bar Standards Board, 2nd September 2013
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
Category: continuing professional development
Chancery Lane hits out at LETR over claim – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Law Society has hit back at claims that the current system of legal education and training is unfit for purpose. In a critical response to a discussion paper published by the cross-professional Legal Education and Training Review (LETR), the Society says it is ‘not aware of clear evidence that the current system is broken’.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th November 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
QASA – and what it means to you – LegalVoice
“New rules for solicitors (and registered European lawyers) who want to undertake criminal advocacy form January 2013 will require them to notify the Solicitors Regulation Authority under the new Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (Crime) arrangements, writes Anne-Marie Lynch. The scheme opens on July 2nd 2012 and will be open for notifications until 21st September 2012. It will introduce a system for accreditation for criminal advocacy work in the Crown and magistrates’ courts.”
LegalVoice, 20th June 2012
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
Wigs off, jeans on at the Judicial College – The Guardian
“Joshua Rozenberg watches judges in training at a Midlands conference hotel.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Rape cases: why judicial training is needed – The Guardian
“Special training for rape case judges is needed to tackle preconceived ideas – and already it is starting to work.”
The Guardian, 31st January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lawcast 182: Emily Allbon, Law Librarian at City Law School on research skills, law resources and social media – Charon QC
“Today I am talking to Emily Allbon, law Librarian at City University and the editor of the excellent Lawbore resource website. Research skills lie at the root of all legal work, whether in academe or practice, so we are going to look at the skills needed and resources available to law students and lawyers in the modern era. We may even have time to look at the value of legal blogging and social media for younger lawyers and not so young lawyers.”
Charon QC, 14th April 2011
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
Why solicitors need to keep one step ahead of the law – The Independent
“Keeping up to speed with the latest legal practices is not a matter of choice for solicitors, as Liz Lightfoot explains.”
The Independent, 20th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
