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© by Joanna Drabble
Solicitors & Barristers
© by Joanna Drabble
Lesson Objectives
By the end of the lesson you should: -
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Qualifications & Training
• Academic Stage
• The Vocational Stage
• The Professional Stage
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Solicitor’s Qualifications
• Law degree
• Legal Practice Course (LPC)
• Training Contract
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Barrister’s Qualifications
• Law degree
• Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC)
• Pupillage
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To Summarise...
Law Degree
Legal Practice Course
Bar Professional Training Course
Training Contract Pupillage
Solicitor Junior Barrister
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© by Joanna Drabble
Criticisms of training..
• Costs
• Non-law graduates only studying GDL
• Over supply
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Duties......Solicitors
• Work in private practice
• Advocates in lower courts but can appear in Higher Courts with Certificate of Advocacy
• Work commonly includes conveyancing, wills and probate, matrimonial
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Duties......Barristers
• Advocacy – Crown and Higher Courts
• Counsel’s opinion
• Drafting legal documents, particularly claims
• Follow the “Cab Rank” rule
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To Summarise...• Solicitors work in private practice, barristers in
chambers
• Solicitors represent cases in lower courts and barristers represent cases in higher courts however so can solicitors with a Certificate of Advocacy
• Solicitors cover various areas of law, barristers specialise
• Both can be sued for negligence
• Both can become Q.C.’s
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Equality within the legal profession?
• Only 23% of women are partners of law firms
• Men earn £15,000 more than women
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10% of solicitors and barristers are from ethnic minorities
However, over 15% of ethnic minorities work at the CPS
So, is the legal profession representative of society?