In spite of considerable hostility from the profession and legal education providers, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) announced today (25 April) that its planned Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), dubbed ‘the super exam’, is going ahead. Continue reading “‘Embrace the challenge and make it work’: Educators react as SRA confirms super-exams to start in 2020”
Clifford Chance commercial litigation partner Simon Davis has been elected as the Law Society’s deputy vice president. Continue reading “Law Society lines up Clifford Chance’s Davis to take over as president”
Over 500 barristers have condemned proposals from the Bar Standards Board (BSB) to reform the regime for barristers-in-training.
High-profile members of the profession, such as former Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf, are among the 505 signatories of an open letter to the BSB, criticising its suggestions for restructuring the exam process.
Awareness of cutting edge legal tech remains limited among senior managers at law firms with a quarter unaware of most emerging technologies including artificial intelligence and machine learning, according to a report from the Law Society. Continue reading “Legal tech landscape remains ‘highly fragmented’, Law Society report claims”
The chief executive of the Law Society Catherine Dixon has joined a panel of experts instructed to advise London mayor Sadiq Khan in upcoming Brexit negotiations.
Continue reading “Law Society chief executive appointed to London mayor Sadiq Khan’s Brexit panel”
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said clients are struggling to find legal services at the right value following its year-long review into legal services industry. Continue reading “‘Step change in standards’: CMA sets timeline to improve price transparency in legal services”
Aspiring barristers may have to take a new exam before qualifying into the profession as proposed by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) as part of a new consultation on how lawyers are trained.
Continue reading “Legal education: Bar Standards Board follows SRA with super-exam proposal”
While the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) education reforms had been met with hostility by educators, the School of Law at Manchester University has become the first Russell Group school to embrace its reforms.
Continue reading “Academic u-turn: University comes out in support of SRA trainee reform”
Inevitably with an event as dramatic as Brexit, the unintended consequences keep coming. One of the less noted is the 11th hour reprieve it has granted the Law Society, which in the spring was looking on course to lose much of its fund-raising powers as part of a government review.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is pushing on with its ‘super exam’ proposals, launching another consultation following mixed feedback on the education reforms. However it said yesterday (3 October) it would delay implementation another year as it develops its plans.
Continue reading “SRA pushes ahead with super-exam proposals with second consultation”
