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Solicitors and Barristers: AS Law
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Overview of the Legal Profession
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Solicitors and Barristers: AS Law
Solicitors
120,000 practising in England and Wales
87,000 in private practice
Rest in: employed work, industry, local government or Crown Prosecution Service
Represented by the Law Socitey
The Law Society
Used to regulate profession but fuction is now given to the independent Solicitors' Regulation Authority
Used to deal with complaints but = conflict of interest, could not be impartial in investigation, function now overseen by Office for Legal Complaints
SRA now in charge of regulating profession: setting down education, training , qualifacation requirements and rules practised by
Training
Degree in another subject = Common Professional Examination (CPE) or Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL)
One-year Legal Practice Course
Can be taken as one-year full-time or two-year part-time course
Practically based as it includes: Client-interviewing, negotiation, advocacy, drafting documents and legal research
Training Contract
Work in a solicitors firm 2 years
Can be undertaken in legal organisations e.g. Crown Prosecution Service or legal department of a local authority
During 2 year training contract, trainee is paid, do own work supervised by a solicitor
Complete a 20-day Professional Skills Course builds skills learned on LPC
At the end Trainee will be admitted as a solicitor by the Law Society, name added to list, keep attending education courses to keep up knowledge
Non-Grad Route
1st become legal executives
Only open to mature candidates
Takes longer than normal route
Criticsms
Financial Problems
Pay fees of LPC (£12,000)
Degree in another subject (CPE/GDL) have to pay £10,000
Poorer families not able to afford = prevented from becoming solicitors
Bank loans = large debt
Lack of Legal Knowledge
Non-law Grads only do one year of law (CPE/GDL)
25% have not taken a law degree
Over-Supply
Students who have passed LPC unable to get training contract
Solicitors Work
Some become legal advisers in commercial or industrial business, 30,000 employed
In private practice, may work as sole practitioner or in a partnership
10,000 firms, small high-street pratcice to big city firms
No. of partners not limited, some big firms have 100+ partners and employed assistant solicitors
Type of Work
Small high-street firm = a general practice, advising clients (consumer problems, housing, business matter and family problems)
Normally dealing with paperwork: writing letters on behalf of clients, drafting contracts, leases
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