Legal Personnel - b&s Flashcards
Legal professions
Barristers and solicitors
How many barristers
12700 self employed
3000 employed by organisations e.g. crown prosecution service
Barristers Collectively referred to as
The bar
Barristers controlled by
Their Own professional body - general council of the bar
Barristers -Four inns of court
Lincolns inn Inner temple Middle temple Grays inn All situated near royal courts of justice in London
2 routes for barristers
Law Degree route
Graduate diploma in law (GDL)
Barrister Degree route
Law degree
Bar professional training
Called to bar
Pupillage
Barrister GDL route
GDL
bar professional training
Called to bar
Pupillage
What is pupillage (barrister)
On the job training Shadow barrister 1 for 12 months or 2 for 6 months each Application to pupillage gateway Applications made 18 months before start
Financial problem for barristers
Fee of bar professional training course (£15,000)
Pay for GDL
university fees
Over supply of barristers
Not enough pupillage places
In 2014-2015 only 422/1500 got pupillage places
All had passed bar professional training course
Role of barristers
Self employed in small chambers
Employed by government organisations
Advocacy
Paper work
How many self employed barristers in small chambers
15-20
After 10 years of barrister practice
Application to be made a queens council
Earn more, more difficult and complex case
Barristers Rights of audience
The right to present case in any court on behalf of someone
How may solicitors
136,000
90,000 private practice
Route of solicitor
Law degree or GDL
Legal practice course (LPC) - training skills
Period of authorised training - solicitors form for 2 years
Financial problem for solicitors
Legal practice course (£14,000)
Pay for GDL
University fees
Solicitor Help with GDL
Can do course over 2 year
Can work aswell
Role of solicitors
Private practice or employed Become partner in firm Work depends on type of firm Write letters for clients Draw up wills
Both b and s have rights of audience
S have limited power in higher courts than mags and county
Can apply for advocacy certificate
Solicitors can apply for QC when
They have certificate of advocacy
Have worked for 10 years
Representative body of barristers
General council of the bar
Representative body of solicitors
The law society
Complaints about b and s go to
Bar standards board
And
Solicitors regulatory authority
Legal executives
Work in solicitors firms as assistance’s
Qualifications and training of legal executives
Pass professional diploma in law
Pass professional higher diploma in law
Role of legal executives
Specialise in particular area of law
More straightforward areas than solicitors
