Legal Personnel 👩💼 Flashcards
What do barristers advocate?
On your behalf
What are paralegals ? 
Legal executives
What is the three kinds of legal professions
Paralegals- legal executives
Barristers- advocate on your behalf and
solicitors - offer the legal advice
Go through the qualifications for solicitors (8 marker)
- Traditional route 🧭- Law degree LLB 2:2
Or - another degree -conversion course
Grad diploma in law- takes 1 to 2 years
- SQE - solicitors - qualifying exam
Two-stage test - practical of law- replaced LPC- available.
Can take SQE on its own- or working with a solicitor
Training contact - two years- key areas (4)of law with a firm - can pay 💰 SQE
Need to be appointed- solicitor regulation authority
- New route 🧭- Degree apprenticeship route- 6 to 7 years- gaining legal qualifications whilst working in the
Firm - can do a legal executive shortcut with GILEX
Go through the eight marker qualification for barristers
Regulated by the bar standards board
- Normal degree route 🧭- second-class honours - academic stage
Or common professions examination - Vocational stage- pass bar professional training course -
drafting documents , procedures - Join one of the four inns - middle inner ect
- Must’ve Dined 12 times in the inn to be qualified as a barrister and called to the bar
- Barrister undergo pupilage - training 12 months
- six months pupil barrister able to appear in court with clients
- Lots of competition
Go through the eight marker for work of barristers
There are four kinds
self-employed barristers - Independent bar , set office, admin carried out by Clerks
Negotiate fess - barristers
employed barristers - work for CPS
in-house lawyers limited audience
Kings Council - 10 years
silk - what they wear
right in the highest court of audience
daily jobs- Proposed documents and deal with client
