Training contract

Training contract

A training contract is a compulsory period of practical training in a law firm for law graduates before they can qualify as a solicitor in the United Kingdom, Australia and Hong Kong. A full-time training contract is normally for two years, and applicants must have first completed the Legal Practice Course. During this training period, they are known as trainee solicitors.

The barrister's equivalent would be twelve months' pupillage under a pupilmaster, in barristers' chambers.

Trainee solicitors and training contracts were formerly known as articled clerks and articles of clerkship, respectively.

Route

To obtain a training contract, a graduate must apply for an opening for such position at a law firm. A major problem is that every year the number of applicants greatly outnumbers the number of available contracts. Thus, many graduates are unsuccessful and are left only with large debts accrued during their studies.

Alternative routes

Legal executives

A training contract is not normally required for anyone qualifying without a law degree; non-graduates typically advance toward qualification by passing exams administered by the Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX) – all the while working under the supervision of a solicitor.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Training Air Wing, Finnish Air Force — Training Air Wing The Training Air Wing s flag with its pole Active since 1918 Country …   Wikipedia

  • Contract manufacturer — A contract manufacturer ( CM ) is a manufacturer that contracts with a firm for components or products. It is a form of outsourcing. Contents 1 Business model 2 Industries that utilize the practice 3 Why Contract Manufacture? …   Wikipedia

  • contract — 1 noun (C) 1 a formal written agreement between two or more people, which says what each person must do for the other: His contract of employment specifies that he must get at least one month s training. (+ with): Tyler has just agreed a seven… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • contract labour — ▪ industrial relations       the labour of workers whose freedom is restricted by the terms of a contractual (contract) relation and by laws that make such arrangements permissible and enforceable. The essence of the contract labourer s… …   Universalium

  • Contract sales organization — A Contract Sales Organization (CSO) is a firm or company that assists companies in the sales and marketing of their products and/or services. The term CSO is especially prevalent in the life sciences, medical device, and medical product launch… …   Wikipedia

  • Government contract — Contracting with the U.S. Government is based on many of the same principles as commercial contracting andcan be very profitable, but is sufficiently different from commercial contracting to require special care.Persons entering into commercial… …   Wikipedia

  • Joint Primary Aircraft Training System — Joint Primary Aircraft Training System, usually just called JPATS, was an aircraft procurement program of the United States in the 1990s by the USAF and USN, a merger of 1980s era training aircraft programs. The winner was declared in 1995 and… …   Wikipedia

  • NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan — Organizational Logo. Active November 2009–Present Country Afghanistan …   Wikipedia

  • No.1 Elementary Flying Training School — Infobox Military Unit unit name=Number 1 Elementary Flying Training School caption = Grob Tutor crest of 1EFTS country = flagcountry|United Kingdom branch = nowrap| colors = role = Elementary Flying Training command structure = RAF Air Command… …   Wikipedia

  • Employment contract — A contract of employment is a category of contract used in labour law to attribute right and responsibilities between parties to a bargain. On the one end stands an employee who is employed by an employer . It has arisen out of the old master… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”