Slides for the presentation by Mandy Gill (University of Northumbria), Paul Maharg and Jenny Rawstorne (Solicitors Regulation Authority) at the Learning in Law Annual Conference 2011.
Qualified Lawyer Transfer Scheme (QLTS): client-centred assessment of qualified lawyers
1. Qualified Lawyer Transfer Scheme (QLTS): client-centred assessment of qualified lawyers Paul Maharg – University of Northumbria Mandy Gill – SRA Jenny Rawstorne - SRA
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Hinweis der Redaktion
LSB was created by LSA 2007 and is the oversight regulator for all approved regulators, of which the Law Society is one (and the SRA is the regulatory arm of the Law Society)
Legal Services Act s.1 Professional principles are – independence, integrity, maintain proper standards of work, act in best interests of client, duty to the court, client confidentiality
Is/will be far more information available on the outcomes to be tested and structure of the test, and examples (currently MCT) on the Kaplan website Constant evaluation of the efficacy of the assessment system Far more attention to the validity of the assessment methodology e.g. numbers of MCT questions, Angoff standard-setting
MCT = 180 questions in 2x 3 hour exams. Tests Day One Outcome A.