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Given the SRA's intention to give up any say in where or how a person prepares for the proposed SQE, the Law Society would be acting irresponsibly if it did not at least seek to compete on equal terms with everyone else who will shortly join the ranks of those already gearing up to offer the best possible SQE training options. The SQE format will be more or less the same as that of the current QLTS for foreign lawyers and, make no mistake, will require students to have an in depth knowledge of all the foundation subjects and well practised soft skills. Serious employers, not to speak of the 'global' operators, will be more interested in the path taken by a student to take the SQE than in his or her having merely passed it. At the Faculty of Law at Malaga University we have been at this for a while with our English Law Studies course (www.derecho.uma.es and click on 'ENGLISH LAW' in the menu) and know something about it. The Law Society is well placed to be an inspiration for the appropriate training of 'Global Lawyers', that, as well as aiming at US and other English speaking 'Common Law' lawyers seeking admission in the UK, must look to the foreign speaking 'Civil Law' lawyers seeking admission in the UK, the US and a host of other Common Law Jurisdictions. Well done the LawSociety for taking the plunge! As for the SRA, it is probably more fitting that it be should be able to concentrate on regulating. if the training is right, there will be less for them to do.

John Brebner
MA (Cantab), LL.M; Dr. Jur (University of Milan), F.Inst.Pa
Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales (np)
Senior Lecturer English Law (University of Malaga)

Facultad de Derecho
Universidad de Málaga
Campus de Teatinos
29071 Málaga
Tel: 0034 - 659 09 77 21

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