Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Legal Personnel (Solicitors - Work (generally work in private practice in…
Legal Personnel
Solicitors - Work
-
can also work in the Crown Prosecution Service, or for a local authority/Government Department
-
used to monopolise 'conveyancing', not anymore
conveyancing = legal side of buying/selling flats, houses, office buildings and land
-
recently been entitled to more rights of audience, but must undertake further examination and have experience in Mags/County
-
-
-
Solicitors
over 130,000 practicing in England and Wales
around 90,000 in private practice and the rest are employed
-
some firms specialise in one area, others in many
-
-
Barristers
around 12,700 in independent practice in England and Wales
around 3,000 employed by the Crown Prosecution Service, Government or Civil Service
-
-
How to get there:
-
-
Already done another job, want to become one later in life
-
Overlap between S and B?
-
barristers originally had no direct access, but now they do
-
since the :black_flag: Legal Services Act 2007, lawyers and non-lawyers can work together in legal businesses
-
Legal Executives - Work
-
-
post-2008, can undertake a wider advocacy course
-