Sra transfer of training contract

A training establishment makes an application to transfer a training contract. This document applies to decisions to transfer a training contract from one authorised training contract provider to another. This page, and those directly associated with it, are relevant to those trainees who commenced their training contracts before 1 July 2014The SRA has a statutory duty to ensure that those who are admitted as solicitors have the knowledge and skills necessary for practice.

As reported in the , Houchill completed the LPC but did not secure a training contract. In addition the SRA is no longer stipulating the exact terms of training contracts, which means that individual firms have been given greater freedom to design their own training programmes.

I am currently a trainee solicitor and looking to transfer my training contract. Legal Services Board approved the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme (QLTS) regulations for internationally qualified lawyers in 2010, which replaced the previous Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test (QLTT) exams.

It is likely that the contract is worded so that the law on penalties cannot apply. On completion of pupillage or a training contract, individuals are then deemed qualified as barristers or solicitors, respectively. QLTT (Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test) and the first exams were held in 2011.

Chartered Legal ExecutiveWhat is a Chartered Legal Executive? If you are successful you will receive an offer (either for a place on our Vacation Scheme or for a Training Contract, depending on the programme you have applied for). Like the football transfer window, training contracts have a universal deadline, 31 July. The Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme (QLTS), which is the scheme set up for the assessment of international (and intra UK) lawyers seeking to qualify as solicitors in England and Wales, is constantly being revised.

How do I apply for an open day, vacation scheme or training contract?