1 / 15

test12345

test

guest99693
Download Presentation

test12345

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Training for Tomorrow Regulation Review Consultation

  2. Training for TomorrowRegulation Review • Introduction • Why are we doing this? • The proposals • Your input • Expected timescales • Questions?

  3. Training for TomorrowRegulation Review Why are we doing this? To remove regulatory processes which have no impact, but are just red tape. To prepare the ground for the T4T changes.

  4. Training for TomorrowRegulations Review Proposals: • Remove complex and inflexible exemption arrangements. • Remove the requirement for a certificate of completion of the academic stage to be issued by the SRA. • Remove duplicated quality assurance arrangements for the CPE and LPC • To remove the requirement for training to take place under the terms of a contract specified by us. • Remove student enrolment and replace with requirement to meet character and suitability before training contract starts (in addition to at admission) • To remove the restrictions on the number of trainees a firm may train, and how many practising certificates a training principal must have in order to hold that role. • To remove the requirement for development of skills in ‘contentious’ and ‘non-contentious work’ and amend the wording of the three areas of law requirement to a ‘at least three distinct areas of English law and practice’.

  5. Training for TomorrowRegulation Review Proposal 1 – Remove complex and inflexible exemption arrangements To introduce the concept of "equivalent means", creating greater flexibility within the current routes to qualification by enabling us to recognise equivalent education and training Impact: - Fewer restrictive and inconsistent exemption arrangements

  6. Training for TomorrowRegulation Review Proposal 2 - Remove the requirement for a certificate of completion of the academic stage to be issued by the SRA To remove the necessity for students to apply to us for a certificate to confirm that they have completed the academic stage of training. Impact: • The HEIs are no longer required to provide the SRA with the ‘pass’ list. • The LPC providers will need to ensure their admission procedures are rigorous and robust

  7. Training for TomorrowRegulation Review Proposal 3 – Remove duplicated arrangements for the CPE and LPC To remove requirements which duplicate the regulatory requirements placed on higher education institutions (HEIs) by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Impact: • HEIs will need to ensure their policies and practices meet QAA requirements

  8. Training for TomorrowRegulation Review Proposal 4 – Clarify the regulatory requirements for training (1) To remove the requirement for training to take place under the terms of a contract specified by us Impact: • Firms will be able to draft contracts which meet their own needs • SRA will not be involved in decision to terminate a period of training

  9. Training for TomorrowRegulation Review Proposal 5 – Clarify the regulatory requirements of training (2) To remove the restrictions on the number of trainees a firm may train, and how many practising certificates a training principal must have in order to hold that role Impact: • May marginally increase numbers of training contracts

  10. Training for TomorrowRegulation Review Proposal 6 – Rephrase the requirement for trainees to experience a breadth of legal practice To remove the requirement for “contentious" and "non-contentious", experience, and amend the wording of the three areas of law requirement to "at least three distinct areas of English law and practice“. Impact: • Alleviate confusion • Remove the need for some secondments and moving from seat to seat • Does not remove requirement to develop skills in contentious and non-contentious work – remains in the Practice Skills Standards

  11. Training for TomorrowRegulation Review Proposal 7 – Remove the requirement for student enrolment To remove the requirement in part 3 of the Qualification Regulations for students to be enrolled with the SRA before commencing a Legal Practice Course and serving under a training contract Impact: • Trainees will no longer have to pay a fee of £80 pre-LPC • A character and suitability disclosure will still be required before commencing work based training

  12. Training for TomorrowRegulation Review What part do you play? • give us your views at these Roadshows and future events • respond to the consultation at www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/education-training-regulations.page • participate in the online debate • see us at www.sra.org.uk/t4t • contact us at T4T@sra.org.uk • follow us on Twitter @SRA_t4t

  13. Training for TomorrowRegulation Review Expected timescales: New regulations made by the Board in April 2014 Approved by LSB in June 2014 In force 1 July 2014 New guidance, electronic forms and supporting processes in place ready for July launch.

More Related