Education & Training

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The future is bright

As he takes on his first legal apprentice, Russell Conway wonders if this is 'the beginning of a backlash against a university education

Legal education must be more flexible, says LSB

Board issues statutory guidelines for regulators

BPP first private company to be awarded university title

Former university college follows University of Law to become second body to teach 'for profit' 

Julian Webb: LETR changes are more than 'tweaks' to the system

Incremental change will equal more than the sum of its parts, including an overhaul of CPD and a focusing on outcomes-focused learning says Webb

Legal Education and Training Review: new beginnings or missed opportunity?

Two years in the making and 350 pages later, the report produced by the Legal Education and Training Review team has come out with the not-so-radical conclusion that professional standards are pretty good. There are undoubtedly some worthwhile recommendations, including scrapping minimum CPD hours and encouraging the regulators to provide alternative access routes. But is it, as the Consumer Panel has said, a missed opportunity? We asked stakeholders for their reaction

Charles Plant: 'LETR brings outcomes focus to legal education'

As he encourages solicitors to endorse the LETR's recommendation to scrap minimum CPD hours, the chair of the SRA board welcomes the greater emphasis on outcomes and professional ethics

LETR recommendation to scrap minimum CPD hours 'could be a challenge'

New-look CPD will focus on person development plans and measurable outcomes

Practice management | All roads lead to law

The current shrinking of training contracts is pointing graduates towards alternative legal careers, says Jonathan Kay