The SRA are running a number of free webinars over the coming weeks that may be of interest to those who are interested in Diversity & Inclusion:
- 19 April – Apprenticeships: what law firms need to know (webinar)
- 20 April – Black Solicitors Network Hot Topics: Upholding professional standards
- 17 May – SQE assessments – practical information for training providers and employers
- 17 May – SQE assessments – practical information for candidates
Apprenticeships: what law firms need to know
Is your law firm interested in taking on an apprentice solicitor? The SRA are running a free webinar on 19 April giving practical advice and information on what it could mean for your firm and how to go about it. Alongside the SRA, hear from the Government’s Education and Skills Agency and other law firms.
Apprenticeships: what law firms need to know (webinar)
Black Solicitors Network Hot Topics: Upholding professional standards
Speakers: Cordella Bart-Stewart, OBE, BSN Director and Co-founder, Jane Malcolm, Executive Director, External and Corporate Affairs, SRA, Siân Hughes, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Manager, SRA
In 2014, Professor Gus John published the Independent Comparative Case Review looking at fairness in the SRA’s enforcement processes and made several recommendations. In December 2020, the SRA for the first time since 2014, reported on the diversity characteristics of the people involved in the enforcement processes. As with all previous external reports, the SRA confirm that there is still over representation of people from Black and Asian backgrounds throughout the SRA enforcement processes.
Join the Black Solicitors Network on 20 April as Jane Malcolm and Siân Hughes present the findings and set out what steps are being taken to reduce this disproportion.
SQE assessments – practical information for training providers and employers
Speakers:
- Benedict Fisher, Director of Communications, SRA
- Julie Brannan, Director of Education and Training, SRA
- Yiannis Chrysanthou, Head of Stakeholder Engagement, Kaplan
- Zoe Robinson, Director of Learning and Qualifications, Kaplan
Get all the latest information on the SQE to further help training providers and employers prepare for its September introduction.
As well as a general update on progress, this webinar will focus on the practicalities of the new assessment and way of qualifying. You can find out about:
- New SQE website, including key materials to be aware of
- Booking process, including how employers and training providers can book multiple candidates on to an assessment
- Assessment timings
- Results timings
- Qualifying work experience
- Exemptions
SQE assessments – practical information for candidates
Speakers: Benedict Fisher, Director of Communications, SRA, Julie Brannan, Director of Education and Training, SRA
Want the latest information on the SQE? Targeted at aspiring solicitors, get the facts ahead of its September introduction. Learn about:
- What the SQE and new way of qualifying involves
- Potential options for training and qualifying under the SQE
- What to expect on the day of an SQE1 assessment
- Reasonable adjustments for candidates
- Registration and booking process
- Assessment timings and when and where you can sit it
- Results timing
