Annex I       Knowledge, skills and attributes – currently prescribed

As curricula may state learning outcomes in considerable detail, this is necessarily a simplification. Nor does it map detailed content, .e.g. whether one profession’s syllabus for contract law is identical to, or at the same level of complexity as, another’s.

Knowledge (mandated subjects) Skills Optional subjects enabling specialisation 'Ethics/professional conduct' components NQF level (if any)
JASB statement (QLD/GDL) Sources of law, institutions and personnel
Public law (constitutional, administrative and human rights)
EU law
Criminal law
Obligations (contract, restitution and tort)
Property
Equity and trusts
Legal research, analysis and application 'to the solution of legal problems'
Oral and written communication 'to the needs of a variety of audiences'
General transferable skills including problem solving, use of language 'with care and accuracy', electronic research, communication and word-processing
QLD: Yes (range available will vary by provider)
GDL: one optional subject (may be a research project)
'a wide range of legal concepts, values, principles and rules' QLD: 4-6
GDL: 6
BPTC Civil litigation, evidence and remedies
Criminal litigation evidence and remedies
Advocacy
Opinion writing
Drafting
Conference skills
Resolution of disputes out of court
Legal research
(embedded in the curriculum: writing skills, casework skills, fact management, legal research, management and interpersonal skills.)
Yes (range available will vary by provider) Professional Ethics
Note also that 3 hours on ethics appears in the new practitioners programme.
6-7
BTT (BSB, 2012b) The QLD Foundation subjects plus BPTC knowledge subjects BPTC skills No As BPTC
CILEx level 3 (professional diploma) Introduction to law and practice
Contract
Criminal
Land
Tort
Client care
Legal research
Yes Key professional values embedded in client care unit and referred to in other units 3
CILEX level 6 (professional higher diploma) Additional law and practice units Client care
Legal research
Yes Key professional values embedded in client care unit and referred to in other units 6

 

 

Knowledge (mandated subjects) Skills Optional subjects enabling specialisation 'Ethics/professional conduct' components NQF level (if any)
Costs lawyers (ACL course) General and Civil Costs.
introduction to the English Legal System, Contact, Tort, Civil Procedure, General Costs Law and Practice, Litigation Funding and Costs Pleadings.
Solicitor and Client Costs, Special Courts and Tribunals.
Introduction to the English Legal System, Property, Ethics and Professional Standards, Solicitor and Client Costs, Costs in Special Courts, Costs in Arbitration Proceedings and Tribunals and Legal Accounts.
Public Funding/Legal Aid.
introduction to the English Legal System, Family Law, Criminal Law, Costs in Family Law Proceedings, Costs in Criminal Law Proceedings (non Legal Aid), Civil Legal Aid, Family Legal Aid and Criminal Legal Aid.
Critical and analytical skills are identified.
Some element of drafting present.
No Ethics and professional standards in module 2
Licensed conveyancers (CLC, 2011a, 2011b) Foundation level:
Introduction to conveyancing
Introduction to law and legal method
Land law
Contract

Final level:
Accounts
Conveyancing law and practice
Landlord and tenant

Legal method includes research and settling disputes
Accounts involves some elements of book-keeping
No CLC accounts and a section on 'the licensed conveyancer'. 4-6
Notaries (see also Society of Scriveners, 1998) Constitutional/Public Law
The Law of Property
The Law of Contract
Equity and the Law of Trusts
Private International Law
Conveyancing
Business Law and Practice
The Law of the European Union
Roman Law as an Introduction to Civil-Law Systems
Wills Probate and Administration
Notarial Practice (including Bills of Exchange) No The function of a notary as a public certifying officer
The Notaries Practice Rules and other rules and regulations
7

 

 

 

Knowledge (mandated subjects) Skills Optional subjects enabling specialisation 'Ethics/professional conduct' components NQF level (if any)
Patent attorneys (domestic qualification) (IPReg, 2011)For European qualifications, see EPO (2011). Basic United Kingdom Patent Law and Procedure
Basic Overseas Patent Law and Procedure
Basic United Kingdom Trade Mark Law
Basic Overseas Trade Mark Law and Practice
United Kingdom Designs and Copyright Law
Basic English Law
Patent Agent's Practice
Preparation of Specifications for United Kingdom and Overseas Patents
Amendments of Specifications for United Kingdom Patents/Applications in Prosecution, Revocation Proceedings or Otherwise
Infringement and Validity of United Kingdom Patents
Some elements of drafting and searching No Not apparent in publicly available materials
Registered trade mark attorneys (IPReg, 2011) Academic stage
Foundations of Law for Trade Mark Practice
Trade Mark Law & Practice A
Trade Mark Law & Practice B
Designs and Copyright Law

Vocational stage Introduction to trade mark practice and client relationships skills (including interviewing)
Litigation and tribunal practice and procedure and advocacy
Professional and self-management

Advocacy
Interviewing
Trade mark filing/searching
Negotiation
Reflective learning (assessed)
No Ethics included in client relationships skills and advocacy at vocational stage Academic stage: 7
Vocational stage: 6-7
LPC (see also SRA, 2012a) Business law and practice
Property law and practice
Litigation (civil and criminal)
Wills and administration of estates
Taxation
Practical legal research,Writing,Drafting,
Interviewing and advising,
Advocacy
(problem solving embedded)[1]
Yes (range available will vary by provider) Professional Conduct and Regulation (including solicitors' accounts) 6-7 (will vary by provider)
PSC Advocacy and communication skills
Client care and professional standards
Finance and business skills

 

Yes (range available will vary by provider) Client care and professional standards. Also coverage of FSMA and related issues of professional conduct
QLTS Foundation subjects as for QLD/GDL
Knowledge of the regulatory and fiscal frameworks within which business, legal and financial services transactions are conducted
LPC subjects[2]
Intellectual analytical and problem solving skills are assumed and not tested.
LPC skills[3]
No Knowledge of the rules of professional conduct, including the SRA Accounts Rules

 



[1] Reflective learning is identified as an outcome, but not assessed.

[2] However as the LPC outcomes and day one outcomes are not identical, some element of mapping and attribution to learning in the training contract has been necessary.

[3] See previous footnote.