What changes do you think will be made to the training contract or LPC in the next 3/4 years (while im doing my degree ) do you think both will still be in place or replaced by shorter versions?
It has just been announced on the Law Society website that the LPC is changing. It is beginning in 2009 and should be implemented everywhere by 2011.
Instead of having one years full time study comprising of compulsory modules and then elective modules, the LPC will take 6 months and will only comprise of the compulsory modules. Then you will have to do a work placement within a firm to complete the electives either prior or during your training contract - which there is discussion of extending to 2 years and six months or three years.
These changes were supposed to happen last september but will not come in till next september now. If you need anything further it is all explained on the news section of te law society web site.
For those who have already completed the LPC I think the TC will be the same. But I think over the next few years anyone who does their LPC will have more problems finding a firm willing to train them in the electives and then possibly give a TC. It is so difficult to get a TC already and I dont think that this will help at all.
Id say that if you dont already have a TC try to secure one ASAP and worry about whether these changes affect you a bit later. If you can get a TC with a particular firm and the LPC changes do affect you then the firm will probably be willing to train you in the electives if you already have a TC secured with them, or someone else may be willing to if they know that you are there for training rather than to try and get a TC.
Is there any way of finding out which schools will be immediately implementing the changes and which school will be hanging onto the hold ways til 2011?
I guess u would have to contact the uni and ask, or it may be in their prospectus. I really dont know. It might list them on the Law Society website but I didnt notice it there when I last looked.
I contacted the uni and they had the answer already. If anyone else is interested, apparently most universities will be changing straight away in 2009.
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Future of the LPC/Training contract
) do you think both will still be in place or replaced by shorter versions?
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