Legal Training Handbook, 2nd edition

The Legal Training Handbook

Melissa Hardee

The Legal Training Handbook is an essential resource for any firm or organisation employing solicitors. It provides a comprehensive, practical guide to legal education and training not only for solicitors but for all those delivering legal services on behalf of a firm or in-house. Covering everything from planning, delivering and managing training to complying with regulatory requirements, it explains qualification routes and provides guidance from an expert author.

This book is invaluable not only for training managers, but for managing partners, CEOs, supervisors, and fee earners, and tackles the challenges of managing the investment in training, as well as that of meeting the needs of multiple generations of legal professionals.

This second edition has been fully revised and updated to cover:

• the Solicitors Qualifying Examination
• Solicitor and paralegal apprenticeships
• Continuing competence the training needs within the business

Presented in an easy-to-access format with summary tables, references, and weblinks, and specific sections on what firms need to know and do, this handbook helps firms navigate a complex regulatory landscape.

Content

PART I: Managing training in the business             

1. The training investment
2. The structure and ownership of training within the firm
3. Developing and implementing the training strategy
4. Financial management of training

PART II: Regulation of legal education and training   

5. Regulatory authority
6. Relevant regulations

PART III: Qualification as a solicitor in England and Wales                                                                          

7. Routes and pathways
8. The Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) pathway
9. The Legal Practice Course pathway
10. Law Apprenticeship pathways
11. Qualified lawyer pathways
12. Qualifying Work Experience
13. Character and suitability requirements

PART IV: Post-qualification requirements               

14. Continuing Competence
15. The SRA Competence Statement

PART V: Meeting training needs within the business 

16. Generational considerations
17. Pre-qualification training
18. Post-qualification training
19. Non-solicitor and non-fee earning employees
20. Clients

Part VI: Delivering the training programme          

21. How to design training
22. How to deliver training
23. How to organise and run training
24. How to evaluate training

Appendices

About the author

Melissa Hardee is a solicitor and a leading expert on legal education and training in the UK. She has a unique combination of experience of the training of lawyers in practice, in higher education and in regulation, and an established reputation in each sector.

Book Information

ISBN 9781784462253
Format Paperback
Pages 520
Publisher The Law Society