AS Law - Solicitors

Solicitors

Background

• Over 110,000 solicitors in England and Wales
• They are controlled by the law society

Training (Stages)

1.      Academic

2.      Vocational

3.      Practical

4.      Post qualifications

1: Academic stage

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   • Gain a law degree
   • Those with a degree in another subject do an extra year of core legal studies and take the Common Professional Exam (CPE) or the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL)

2: Vocational stage

1.  
   • The student will then complete a 1 year Legal Practice Course (LPC)
   • Stage 1 trains:

1.      Core skills

2.      Core modules

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  • Stage 2 trains:

1.      Elective modules, where the student selects their own modules

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  • What the LPC teaches trainee solicitors:
    • Paperwork
    • Dealing with clients
    • Constructing letters and wills
    • Conveyancing

3: Practical stage

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  • The student must gain a training contract
  • Work for a solicitors firm for 2 years to gain practical experience
  • They are paid, but not at the full rate of a solicitor
  • What will the student do:
    • Work at a firm for experience
    • Watch what solicitors do
    • Take their own cases, with supervison

4: Post qualification stage

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