SRA’s new approach to CPD: a poll of best practice

VinciWorks has concluded the largest poll ever conducted on attitudes towards the SRA’s new approach to continuing competency. The poll illuminates many industry trends and provides a better understanding of best practice. We emailed about 5,000 firms and heard from 206 of varying sizes, from sole practitioners to magic circle firms. Here are the results. […]

Explaining The SRA’s new approach to CPD and continuing competence

Over the past year, we have written a series of posts on the SRA’s new approach to CPD. We have consolidated the key points into the presentation below: Download the presentation Julie Brannan, Director of Education and Training at the SRA sums up the new approach as follows: The new approach has competence at its […]

SRA finally announces language of annual declaration for new approach to CPD

After a long wait, in October 2015 the SRA finally published the wording for the annual declaration required under its new approach to continuing competence: “I have reflected on my practice and addressed any identified learning and development needs.” Practising Certificate Renewal Exercise (PCRE) The declaration is made on the Practising Certificate Renewal Exercise (PCRE) […]

Legal Services Board approves SRA changes to CPD

On Monday 9th February, the LSB finally approved the SRA’s new approach to CPD, announced 21st May 2014. In a letter — sent to Paul Philip, Chief Executive of the SRA, and buried on the LSB website — LSB Chief Executive, Richard Moriarty writes: Please find enclosed our final decision notice granting the SRA’s application […]