Law Society president John Wotton has said that barristers and
solicitors will increasingly work together in the same practices,
in his speech at Saïd Business School, Oxford.
The Law Society pesident told an audience of senior members of
the legal sector, academics, students and business leaders that
while he does not expect the two professions to fuse, he does
anticipate that they will become less distinct, over time. Wotton
expects the education and training of barristers and solicitors to
converge and more advocates to start their careers in law firms,
rather than barristers' chambers.
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a summary of the president's speech
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