December 30th, 2021

An Employer’s Guide to Solicitor’s Qualifying Work Experience

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) launched the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (“the SQE”) a new training and qualification regime for solicitors in England and Wales on 1 September 2021. This report is intended to help employers and HR professionals working in the legal sector understand how the new regime might create new hiring possibilities and influence […]

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July 30th, 2021

Building an Inclusive and Diverse Legal Profession

This article first appeared in ‘People Management’ to view the original article click here. For business leaders, the path to increasing innovation and financial performance is through diverse and inclusive workplaces. Moreover, research shows that the chances and speed of problems being solved increases with a team of varying backgrounds and skills. To this end, […]

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June 30th, 2021

Diversity & The SQE

In July last year, the SRA published a report by the Bridge Group highlighting the diversity challenges around solicitor admission. This report challenged the SRA to gather and make available data relating to diversity and inclusion as the SQE is rolled out over the coming years. The Central Applications Board (CAB) 2020 annual report on the 15,000 […]

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March 24th, 2021

Training the Future Lawyer

A free guide for universities and law schools   The purpose of this guide In 2018, the Solicitors Regulation Authority announced the proposed introduction of a new training and qualification regime for solicitors in England and Wales. This new regime is expected to come into force in Autumn 2021. This report is designed for universities […]

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March 24th, 2021

SQE & The Digital Lawyer

In times like ours, the importance of digital skills in the legal profession has never been higher up the agenda. Universities and firms alike are asking themselves, what are the skills of the future? How do we prepare for them? How can we mitigate risk where possible? These changes are fast becoming fundamental to our […]

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March 24th, 2021

Building an Inclusive and Diverse Legal Profession

his article first appeared in ‘People Management’ to view the original article click here. For business leaders, the path to increasing innovation and financial performance is through diverse and inclusive workplaces. Moreover, research shows that the chances and speed of problems being solved increases with a team of varying backgrounds and skills. To this end, human […]

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