Education and Training Committee
Members
- Jonathan Spencer – chair
- Alan Baker – member
- Janet Grant – member
- Simone Higgins – member
- Ann Holmes – member
- Melissa Hardee – member
- Sally Irvine – member
- Diane Parker – member
- Sheree Peaple – member
- Sally Ruthen – member
- Scott Slorach – member
- Louise Stoker – member
- Stephen Walzer – member
- Clare Gilligan – committee secretary
Terms of reference
- To advise the board on all matters concerning
- standards for entry to the profession and the associated framework for assessment against those standards
- standards for ongoing post-qualification development
- arrangements to enable members of the profession to maintain and enhance their skills and knowledge and to demonstrate their professional competence
- To advise on policy and issue guidance on legal education and training practice and procedures
- To monitor and provide periodic reports to the board on the adequacy of arrangements for ensuring that casework decisions relating to education, training and development matters, including on character and suitability to be admitted as a solicitor, are of appropriate quality and consistency
- To determine policy on matters concerning the authorisation and monitoring of education, training and assessment providers that are recognised for regulatory purposes by the board
- To oversee and receive reports on the operation of policy from relevant subcommittees and report to the board
- To advise the board on all matters concerning the professional competence of solicitors and to oversee, monitor and report on decisions taken in the context of arrangements for assessing professional competence
- To advise the board on arrangements for the recognition of qualifications of lawyers qualified in other jurisdictions and to oversee, monitor and report on decisions made in this context
- To oversee and review activities which promote information and understanding about qualifying as a solicitor
Further information
Education and Training Committee work plan 2008 – 2010
Meetings and public documents
