The Solicitors Regulation Authority is to undertake an ‘independent, strategic review’ of education and training, in collaboration with the Bar Standards Board and the Institute of Legal Executives.

The three regulators will form a joint ‘review group’ to inform the research, which will be a wide review of training and education policy.

The new review will run in parallel to the specific training-related research currently underway. The SRA said it will continue its current review of training contract policy through the worked-based learning pilot, and will also embark on a fundamental review of continuing professional development over the next 12 months. The regulator said these projects will feed into the wider review.