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LETR of the day: education review opts for mum ‘n’ apple pie over radical change

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Sarah Downey assesses the much-touted review of legal education

It promised so much and delivered so little. The Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) published its recommendations on 25 June, concluding what was dubbed as the most comprehensive assessment of legal education since the Ormrod report of 1971. Yet the 350-page report has proved an underwhelming end to a process that was supposed to address fundamental problems.