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It has been many, many years now since the Law Society / Solicitors Regulation Authority lost sight of the fact that some exams have a dual function: (i) to measure competency and (ii) select people for the few really good jobs there are in the legal profession.

Passing exams to become a lawyer is not the same as passing a driving test.

There is no unlimited supply of good jobs in the legal profession, whilst there is no limit to the number of people who can, theoretically, be allowed to drive a car provided they reach a minimum level of competency.

Understand that basic point and design some exams, tests, call it what you may, that ends up giving the good jobs in law reasonably fairly / impartially, and I think that the Law Society / Solicitors Regulation Authority will probably have the backing of a majority of stakeholders in general and solicitors in particular.