Bar Council Welcomes Report On The Bar Vocational Course – The Bar Council

Posted July 21st, 2008 in barristers, legal education, press releases by sally

“The Bar Council has today welcomed the publication of the Wood Report on the Bar Vocational Course (BVC), which was produced by a Working Group chaired by Derek Wood QC.”

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The Bar Council, 18th July 2008

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

Former member of Islamist group barred from becoming solicitor – The Guardian

“A former member of a radical Islamist group who was an Amnesty prisoner of conscience and who now works for an anti-extremist Muslim thinktank has been refused permission to train as a lawyer. The decision was attacked yesterday as ‘McCarthyite’ by a senior lawyer and human rights campaigner.”

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The Guardian, 7th July 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Podcast 59: LLB Degree inflation with Norman Baird, QEDLaw – Charon QC

Posted June 18th, 2008 in legal education, podcasts by sally

“Today I am talking with Norman Baird about his extensive research into LLB degree inflation in recent years. His findings are published on his QEDlaw blog and are well worth reading if you have an interest in legal education.”

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Charon QC, 18th June 2008

Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com

Related link: LLB Degree Inflation – QED Law

“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.

TfBC Final Report: The Bar Vocational Course – The Bar Council

Posted June 18th, 2008 in barristers, legal education, news, reports by sally

“The Training for the Bar Committee ( TfBC) of the Bar Council has produced a report setting out its view on how the Bar Vocational Course should be revised. This report will be fed into the BSB’s Wood Working Group which is currently looking at all aspects of the BVC on behalf of the BSB.”

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The Bar Council, 17th June 2008

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

Related link: Final Report: The Bar Vocational Course (PDF)

Major reviews of education and training – Bar Standards Board

Posted June 6th, 2008 in barristers, legal education, press releases, pupillage by sally

“Following on from the BSB’s review of the BVC, which will be reporting in the summer of 2008, a working group is being set up to review Pupillage and another group will be created to review CPD.”

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Bar Standards Board, 4th June 2008

Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk

How to make the LPC and BVC fees war work for you – The Times

Posted May 7th, 2008 in fees, legal education, special report by sally

“Rebecca Attwood looks at why there is such disparity in what colleges charge.”

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The Times, 6th May 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

College of Law set for 2009 Manchester launch – Legal Week

Posted April 21st, 2008 in legal education, news by sally

“The College of Law has announced plans to open up a new centre in Manchester.”

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Legal Week, 21st April 2008

Source: www.legalweek.com

University offers combined ‘British law’ degree – The Lawyer

Posted April 11th, 2008 in legal education, news, universities by sally

“The University of Dundee is introducing a bachelors law degree enabling dual-qualification in Scots and English & Welsh law. From September 2008 students will be able to study all of the subjects required by each of the respective local Law Societies.”

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The Lawyer, 10th April 2008

Source: www.thelawyer.com

Law schools hike LPC fees – The Lawyer

Posted March 3rd, 2008 in legal education, news by sally

“BPP law school is to hike its Legal Practice Course (LPC) fees by a whopping 10 per cent despite already being the most expensive postgraduate law school in London.”

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The Lawyer, 3rd March 2008

Source: www.thelawyer.com

“It’s Your Call” – Bar Council Launches Guide for Aspiring Barristers – The Bar Council

Posted February 26th, 2008 in barristers, legal education, press releases by sally

“The Bar Council has published a new booklet explaining how to become a part of the profession. ‘It’s your call’, produced in the wake of Lord Neuberger’s Entry to the Bar Working Party Report into access to the profession, will be an invaluable tool for school, university and Bar students looking to find out more about the Bar.”

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The Bar Council, 25th February 2008

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

Podcast 43: Nigel Savage on why The College of Law is taking issue with the SRA – Charon QC

Posted February 7th, 2008 in legal education, podcasts, solicitors by sally

“Today I am talking to Nigel Savage, Chief Executive of The College of Law to ask him why The College is instructing Matrix Chambers’ Rabinder Singh QC in response to changes made by the Solicitor Regulation Authority (SRA) to the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test (QLTT) – changes the College claims could breach anti-discrimination legislation.”

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Charon QC, 6th Febrauary 2008

Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com

“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of Consilio.tv

College of Law threatens SRA with anti-diversity suit – The Lawyer

Posted February 4th, 2008 in competition, legal education, minorities, news by sally

“The Solicitors’ Regulation Authority (SRA) has been attacked for taking action that will undermine the diversity of the British legal profession.”

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The Lawyer, 4th February 2008

Source: www.thelawyer.com

Curbs on foreign lawyers could hurt City firms in war for talent – The Times

Posted February 4th, 2008 in legal education, minorities, solicitors, special report by sally

“Hundreds of foreign lawyers who come to England every year to practise as solicitors face tough new curbs that law firms say will undermine London’s position in the global legal market.”

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The Times, 4th February 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

New scheme opens up the profession to all – perhaps – The Times

Posted January 22nd, 2008 in legal education, news, solicitors, Solicitors Regulation Authority by sally

“From September the Solicitors Regulation Authority is trying out a pick’n’mix approach to getting would-be lawyers started.”

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The Times, 22nd January 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

HSBC to offer first-ever Bar student loan package – Legal Week

Posted December 17th, 2007 in banking, barristers, legal education, news by sally

“HSBC has become the first bank to strike a deal with the Bar Council and offer special loans to Bar Vocational Course (BVC) students, it was announced earlier this week (11 December)”

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Legal Week, 13th December 2007

Source: www.legalweek.com

Neuberger pushes for law to be placed on national curriculum to open up bar – The Lawyer

Posted December 4th, 2007 in legal education, news, pupillage by sally

“Lord Neuberger wants to see law taught as part of the national curriculum and external funding to be made available for pupillages as part of wide-reaching proposals to reform entry to the bar.”

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The Lawyer, 3rd December 2007

Source: www.thelawyer.com

BSB set to consider Neuberger recommendations – Bar Standards Board

Posted November 28th, 2007 in barristers, legal education, press releases by sally

“The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today responded positively to the final report of the Working Party on Entry to the Bar, chaired by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury.”

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Bar Standards Board, 27th November 2007

Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk

Entry to the Bar Working Party Final Report (Neuberger Report) – Bar Council

Posted November 27th, 2007 in barristers, legal education, reports by sally

Report and Appendices

Bar Council, 27th November 2007

Source: www.barcouncil.co.uk

BVC ‘to become a Masters’ – Neuberger report – Legal Week

Posted November 27th, 2007 in barristers, legal education, news by sally

“Students will be able to turn their Bar Vocational Course (BVC) into a Masters degree under new proposals to widen access to the Bar, in one of 57 proposals unveiled in Lord Neuberger’s report today (27 November).”

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Legal Week, 27th November 2007

Source: www.legalweek.com

Speech at the Legal Services Consultative Panel standing conference on legal education – Ministry of Justice

Posted November 22nd, 2007 in legal education, legal services, speeches by sally

“Bridget Prentice spoke at the Legal Services Consultative Panel standing conference on legal education about implications of the Legal Services Act for legal education and training.”

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Ministry of Justice, 21st November 2007

Source: www.justice.gov.uk