| Chapter title | The next generation of legal aid solicitors: the LSC’s Training Grants Scheme |
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| Authors | Bacquet, S., Boon, A., Webley, L. and Whyte, A. |
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| Editors | Buck, A. |
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| Abstract | This study was commissioned by the Legal Services Commission (LSC), the body responsible for legal aid in England and Wales. It sought to evaluate the operation of the Training Contracts Grant Scheme, which supports the recruitment of trainee solicitors into legal aid careers with law firms and not-for-profit organisations in England and Wales. It aims to engender commitment to legal aid work in the long term, rather than simply providing training in the sector. The Scheme was launched in September 2002 in response to concerns that the pool of legal solicitors may be diminishing and aging, as few young solicitors were entering and remaining within the sector. The study employed qualitative and quantitative methods, including telephone interviews and a series of surveys of participating firms and trainees and former trainees. |
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| Keywords | Legal Services Commission, Training Contract Grant Scheme |
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| Book title | Reaching further: innovation, access and quality in legal services : papers from the Legal Services Research Centre's seventh international research conference, Reaching further, Royal Naval Academy in Greenwich, London, 18th to 20th June 2008 |
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| Page range | 143-165 |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Publisher | Stationary Office |
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| Published | 2009 |
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| Place of publication | London |
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| ISBN | 9780117067240 |
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