Pinned by the SRA
2 October 2024
We require solicitors and registered lawyers to maintain their competence to carry out their role.
2 October 2024
We require solicitors and registered lawyers to maintain their competence to carry out their role.
2 August 2024
We require solicitors, registered European lawyers and registered foreign lawyers to maintain their competence to carry out their role. This means they must keep your knowledge and skills up to date, including any relevant legal, ethical and regulatory obligations relevant to their role.
17 July 2024
Reflecting on and learning from your practice is one of your competence requirements.
12 July 2024
Continuing competence templates to help you reflect, identify and record your learning and development.
11 December 2023
Under our Code of Conduct for Firms, all firms we authorise to provide legal services (including sole practices) must make sure that their managers and employees, are competent to carry out their role, and keep their professional knowledge and skills, as well as understanding of their legal, ethical and regulatory obligations, up to date.
8 March 2023
We worked closely with the Youth Justice Legal Centre and Just for Kids Law to explore what children should expect from a solicitor.
8 March 2023
The key point is to engage early with other organisations as this will help you understand more about the child you are working with.
8 March 2023
Keeping your knowledge and skills up to date is essential to get the best possible outcomes for child defendants, witnesses and victims when practising youth advocacy in the courts.
8 March 2023
Child witnesses and defendants experience much higher levels of communication difficulty in the justice system than was previously recognised.
8 March 2023
What good practice looks like for solicitors practising in youth courts (defence and prosecution).
