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I was one who responded against the solicitor. I thnk it's ridiculous for ther SRA to say there were a wide range of views. Instead the vast majority of those responding were against so they decided to go against the consultation.

I did the law society finals in the early 1980s and I believe from memory half failed the year's course. I was one of the top actually as I was on my law degree. That is by the by except that I want high standards in the profession.

I would like to know more details about what will happen. So a student currently doing a non law degree 2017/18 graduates in 2020. Presumably they will do a top law firm milk round in year1 or 2 of their first degree and the law firm will perhaps send those without a law degree on say some intense law in a half year course and law graduates instead start immediately. Then the two groups are then sent on some kind of sandwich course a day a week say whilst doing work at the firm with perhaps a month or two off before the Part 2 final to make sure they all pass that within say the first 12 months of what would have been the old TC and as long as they had acres of work experience at law firms in the past which counts presumably they then qualify at the law firm as solicitor that year after leaving university? I don't remember the consultation paper talking about minimum periods but I might be wrong.

The quote is wrong that the new procedure is a net saving for candidates in terms of money as those who are good currently have the law firm pay their fees. If the law firms don't have many law school fees other than what are likely to be lower fees for parts 1 and 2, to pay they will be the ones saving money.
I assume those doing LLBs even those starting university this September who qualify in 2020 will do their part 1s as part of their degrees therefore someone needs to tell the university by September what they will need to do to ensure a qualifying law degree includes the part 1 training for the test as that will be a key bit of what some people will want for their £9250 a year law degrees surely and they start this September! As ever nothing like enough time is given. this shoudl be 5 or 10 years away not a mere two.