Speakers at the event:
Dame Janet Gaymer
Chris Saul, senior partner, Slaughter and May
The issues discussed included:
- Does the current legal education and training model meet the needs of modern commercial law firms? How will it change? Who will pay for it? How does it compare to international standards of legal education?
- What do current trends in practice development tell us about the role of the lawyer in the longer term? Will lawyers be technical advisers, commercial advisers or both? What about risk management? Project management?
- Is the current model of on-the-job training sustainable in the long term, particularly in the context of increased legal process outsourcing and increased client demand to reform billing models?
- Who should be regarded as a lawyer and will the nature of reserved and non-reserved work change over time?
- Will equality and diversity policies and measures aimed at broadening access to legal education have an impact on the future balance of the profession?
More information on this legal breakfast is available in the flyer.
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