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City of London Law Society lambasts LETR

updated on 22 November 2012

The City of London Law Society (CLLS) has criticised the Legal Education and Training Review's (LETR's) conclusion that the current training system is "unfit for purpose".

CLLS, which represents 15,000 City lawyers, believes that there is insufficient evidence to support the LETR's argument and has therefore called for the removal of the comment from the final report, due to be released next month. It has also warned that the LETR fails to properly account for the discrepancies in training between large and small firms, arguing that smaller firms do not have the time or resources to ensure the same levels of training and professional development in evidence at larger firms, or even take on trainees at all in some cases.

The CLLS stated: "Our single greatest concern is that [the consultation] appears to proceed on the relatively unexamined proposition that there are major performance issues with solicitors and other legal service professionals which could be improved, but are unaddressed, by legal education. Little evidence is produced to support that conclusion."

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