Legal Personnel 👩💼 Flashcards
(25 cards)
What do barristers advocate?
On your behalf
What are paralegals ? 
Legal executives
What is the three kinds of legal professions
Paralegals- legal executives
Barristers- advocate on your behalf and
solicitors - offer the legal advice
Go through the qualifications for solicitors (8 marker)
- Traditional route 🧭- Law degree LLB 2:2
Or - another degree -conversion course
Grad diploma in law- takes 1 to 2 years
- SQE - solicitors - qualifying exam
Two-stage test - practical of law- replaced LPC- available.
Can take SQE on its own- or working with a solicitor
Training contact - two years- key areas (4)of law with a firm - can pay 💰 SQE
Need to be appointed- solicitor regulation authority
- New route 🧭- Degree apprenticeship route- 6 to 7 years- gaining legal qualifications whilst working in the
Firm - can do a legal executive shortcut with GILEX
Go through the eight marker qualification for barristers
Regulated by the bar standards board
- Normal degree route 🧭- second-class honours - academic stage
Or common professions examination - Vocational stage- pass bar professional training course -
drafting documents , procedures - Join one of the four inns - middle inner ect
- Must’ve Dined 12 times in the inn to be qualified as a barrister and called to the bar
- Barrister undergo pupilage - training 12 months
- six months pupil barrister able to appear in court with clients
- Lots of competition
Go through the eight marker for work of barristers
There are four kinds
self-employed barristers - Independent bar , set office, admin carried out by Clerks
Negotiate fess - barristers
employed barristers - work for CPS
in-house lawyers limited audience
Kings Council - 10 years
silk - what they wear
right in the highest court of audience
daily jobs- Proposed documents and deal with client
What are the six issues with criminal legal aid ?
Lack of government funding
lack of criminal barristers
court delays
more individuals wants to self represent
Threshold does not reflect inflation of individuals arrest or financial position
Magistrates + crown 👑 same threshold? distinguished due to the sentence – hold distinguished due to sentencing unfair impact is more than a sentence.
the legal insurance ? 
What does the lack of government funding lead to a significant impact of? 
These to us significant impact of courts looking to rely on them
Why is there lack of criminal barristers?
Due to legal aid being insufficient 
Why are there court delays?
Barrister strike in some cases
- over two years as a defendant and barrister impact
Two years of defendant impact victim impact can lead to?
Prison and insecurity
Why do more individuals want to self represent?
Courtroom delay representation due to the striking inequality of arms 
Who is head of the criminal legal aid ?
Criminal Legal aid agency
What did the legal services act 2007 create? 
Created alternative business structures for running a law firm 
Would the lawfirm have to do prior to 2007? 
Legal professionals can set up law firms themselves, sisters or paralegal take shares of profits 
Would the lawfirm have to do prior to 2007?
Run and owned by qualified legal professionals - normally partners that they take shares of profits 
What is the LSA run by?
Law firms can be run by business professionals made legal professional elements 
What is the legal services act of 2007? Allow? Eg?
Allows in house solicitors to run their own services  - CO - OP originator of using this regulated by SRA 
What are the positives of the legal services act? (5)
More choice
accessibility - one stop shop
Cheaper
direct access to barristers 
Support young people in joining the profession 
What are the five negatives of the legal services act 2007?
Potential conflict
Eventually decline to legal profession
Harder to regulate
college of law ⬇️ 5% wanted to work in an ABS
To professionals may under one create a monopoly
the three roles of solicitors? 
Employee
CDP
Duty solicitors 
What do employed solicitors do? 
In-house - work for a business 👩💼 
What do places do solicitors work with also?
Partnership high street firms - run by legal professionals Take a shares of the profits 
What are solicitors employed by? 
Employed by the state - CPS
