Too Many Lawyers Prompts Law Education Review in UK

The UK’s three biggest legal regulators have launched a review of legal education and training because of ‘lawyer oversuppy’. The Lawyer reports that the review by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the Bar Standards Board and the Institute of Legal Executives Professional Standards will examine routes to qualification and the requirements placed on law schools in light of the likely future shape of the legal market. According to the Law Society, 7,000 people completed the Legal Practice Course (LPC) in 2008, but there are only 6,000 training contracts available this year.

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