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01 September 2016
Issue: 7712 / Categories: Features
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Book review: Legal Training Handbook

"A valuable resource for anyone concerned with the management & delivery of training within a legal practice"

Author: Melissa Hardee
Publisher: Law Society Publishing
ISBN: 9781907698842
Price: £99.95

The two years since the Legal Education and Training Review published its report Setting Standards in June 2013 have seen an unprecedented period of change in the legal training landscape. In May 2015, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) introduced its new Continuing Competence scheme to replace the previous Continuing Professional Development regime, which had been in place since 1985, and solicitors are no longer required to attend the Management Course Stage 1 training. Additionally, new routes into the legal profession are being developed, with the introduction of the Trailblazer legal apprenticeships from this September. Looking ahead, the SRA is proposing the introduction of a Solicitors Qualification Examination to provide a standardised point of entry into the profession. So there has never been a more opportune moment for this publication to appear.

Thorough guide

The Legal Training Handbook is an admirably thorough guide to the subject, weighing in at over 500 pages and providing comprehensive coverage on the

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
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