The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has proposed a new exam for all trainees wishing to qualify as solicitors to ensure they all meet the same "high standard" of professional competence.
Under the SRA's Training for Tomorrow programme, the SRA has launched a consultation on introducing a common professional assessment for intending solicitors: the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). The consultation period lasts until 4 March 2016.
I quote from the SRA's website:
"It is important that newly qualified solicitors, regardless of the pathway they have followed, should demonstrate a level of intellectual and analytical ability at least equivalent to that of a graduate. This is reflected in the standard we propose for qualification."
The exam would be available in autumn 2018 at the earliest.
For full details please see http://www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/t4t-assessing-competence.page
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