Legal Personnel - Points Test

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What is the first stage of solicitors and barristers training?
3 Year law degree
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What does admitted to the roll mean?
To become a qualified solicitor
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If you don't have a law degree whats the other route to become a solicitor or barrister?
To do a non-law degree then complete a graduate diploma in law
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After completing your law degree what are the next stages to become a solicitor?
Complete a 1 yr full-time legal practise course then a 2yr paid training contract completing 4 seats
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What is a pupillage?
A year working in barristers chambers, the first 6 months observing and assisting then the second 6 months taking on small cases alone
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What is a tenancy?
A permeant place in barristers chambers
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What are the stages to getting a tenancy after completing a law degree?
A 1yr Bar professional training course, then you are called to the bar, you then join an inn of court and 'dine' 12 times and his is followed by a pupillage
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What is the training process for a legal executive?
They would study alongside working for a law firm, and study a wide range of academic law subjects then undertake narrower vocational training in the area they would like to specialise in.
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What degree do legal executives have to complete?
They must complete a CiLex level 6 professional higher diploma and after 3yrs paid work experience their status is gained
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What do solicitors do for their clients?
They provide the first point of contact for the public and they will negotiate on the clients behalf
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What sort of work do they do?
Contentious - Court based and non-contentious - not court based
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Where are they employed?
In firms or 'in house'
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What does higher rights of audience mean and can they be gained by solicitors?
Its where you can do advocacy work in courts and it can be gained
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How are solicitors regulated?
By the solicitors Regualation authority, they set qualification standards, monitor training and refer complaints to solicitors disciplinary tribunal.
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What is the roll of barristers?
They provide expert opinions on points of law, draft complex documents and carry out advocacy work
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Do solicitors have automatic higher rights of audience?
yes
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Where do barristers work?
They work in barristers chambers but are all self-employed and they pay the chambers for facilitating their work
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How are barristers regulated?
By the bar standards board, who oversea training, professional conduct and disciplinary matters
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What is the roll of legal executives?
They undertake similar work to solicitors but it is less complex and of. lower value
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Do they gain higher rights of audience?
no they gain no automatic rights so cannot argue for clients in court
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How are they regulated?
They're regulated by CiLex Regulation.
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Who are the regulatory boards approved by?
They are all approved independent regulators under the legal services act 2007, overseen by the legal services board
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What is fusion?
Its the merging of solicitors and barristers into one profession
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What are the advantages of fusion?
Reduces costs, more continuity and less duplication of work
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What are the disadvantages of fusion?
Decrease in specialist advocacy skills, loss of independent advice from specialist barristers, no second opinion and loss of 'cab-rank' rule for equal representation
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Why is the idea of fusion less important now?
Barristers can now be directly accessed by the public, Solicitors can now gain higher rights of audience and solicitors and barristers can now work together
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Who published a review of the regulatory framework for legal services in England and Wales?
Sir David Clementi in 2004
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What did Sir Clemens's report lead to?
It led to the Legal services Act 2007
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What keys reforms did the Legal Services Act produce?
1. Independent regulation of the legal professions overseen by the Legal services board. 2. Alternative business structures were permitted to allow non-lawyers to own and operate law firms
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What was the alternative business structures proposals known as?
Tesco law
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what are some examples of ABS?
Quality solicitors, Co-operative Legal services and existing law firms such as weight mans seeking to attract new investment
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How has technology impacted the ease to enquire about legal issues?
Now they're websites such as Will Do for will writing and apps such as donotpay.com to challenge parking fines. this allows for simpler tasks to be dealt with through technology which allows law firms to cut costs.
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How can law firms use technology to save time?
They can use technology such as virtual assistants to help identify issues over the phone and also predict case outcomes with greater accuracy.
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What did Lord Briggs suggest in 2016?
That all money claims up to £25,000 in value should be dealt with by online courts
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What is globalisation?
where law firms are expanding overseas to make greater profits in new markets such as china.
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what is an example of a firm already with a global presence?
Clifford Chance already have a global presence in response to demands of clients and to pursue greater profit.
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What is an advantage of the current composition of the legal profession?
It is increasingly equal in terms of gender of entrants, e.g. in 2016 60% of law grads were female
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What is a disadvantages of the current composition of the legal system?
1. Very few women reach higher levels of either profession, which shows the legal profession isn't equal in terms of gender, e.g only 22% of partners in law firms are women.
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What is another disadvantage of the current composition of the legal system?
2. Very few black and minority ethnic groups reach higher positions, e.g only 6.5% of QCs are from a BME background.
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