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Now even nurses get a degree as well as doctors
Solicitors will not need a degree yet many with degrees and LPC are pushed out by lack of opportunity to obtain a training contract
The SRA has an agenda which is contrary to the interests of the profession
Already the public are misled into thinking every Tom Dick and Harriet who works in a law firm is a solicitor.
Unadmitted people already fancy they are the equals of solicitors
Lenders already fudge the issue by using the term solicitor and conveyance to mean the same thing
Someone somewhere wants to bring us down to the lowest denominator in order to dominate the regulatory market don't they?
The empire building is phenomenal
Would you consult a doctor who had no degree?
Would you consult a solicitor in today's market if he had no degree?
Why did someone somewhere decide in the 1980's it was in the public interest that all solicitors should have a degree except solicitors clerks who would henceforth be known as Legal Executives and after 10 years following their being admitted as a Fellow could qualify without one?
This is nominally an attempt to make the profession more accessible to people of modest means and to those from diverse backgrounds.
In fact it looks like the demolition of the profession, so the regulatory body will be very busy for many years dealing with a lack of ability
As we say, "If you can, do. If you can't, become a regulator"