Our committees

Education and Training Committee

Members

• Martin Coleman  - chair
• Enid Rowlands
• Shamit Saggar
• Steven Vaughan
• Julia Black
• Chris Randall
• David Yates
• Barry Matthews

Terms of reference

• Advise the Board on all matters that concern the regulatory framework for education and training, including issues relating to fair access to the profession
• Advise the SRA Board on the setting of effective standards for entry to the profession and the associated framework for assessment against those standards
• Advise the SRA Board on the setting of effective standards for ongoing post-qualification development; and arrangements to enable members of the profession to maintain and enhance their skills and knowledge and to demonstrate their professional competence.
• Advise the SRA Board on the setting of effective arrangements for the recognition of qualifications of lawyers qualified in other jurisdictions
• Advise the SRA Board on the delivery of a quality assurance strategy and framework for education and training
• Provide oversight of the activities of the Joint Academic Stage Board and to ensure it operates within its terms of reference
• Review, as necessary, the decision-making process for individual awards of authorisation, re-authorisation and following monitoring visits including the provision of an appellate function for the activities of the Joint Academic Stage Board