The purpose of the Standing Conference on Legal Education is to provide for stakeholders, the Legal Services Consultative Panel and funding bodies a forum for the debate of matters relating to the education and training of those providing legal services.
Note: 'Legal services' includes legal services by any provider, whether or not a member of an authorised body under the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990. 'Education and training' includes continuing professional development.
To review matters relating to the education and training of people who offer to provide legal services;
To discuss proposed developments in the education and training of people who offer to provide legal services;
To discuss matters relevant to the maintenance and development of standards in the education and training of people who offer to provide legal services, including, for example, resources and quality assurance mechanisms;
To discuss the promotion of access to legal education and training of people who offer to provide legal services;
Through its secretariat, to make known, as appropriate, to bodies represented at the Standing Conference and other bodies the views expressed at the Conference on matters referred to in 1) to 4);
Through its secretariat, to convey to the Legal Services Consultative Panel its views about matters which should be included in the Panel's programme of work;
To consider any matter relating to the education and training of people who offer to provide legal services, which has been referred to it by the Legal Services Consultative Panel and to advise the Panel on that matter.
The Standing Conference shall meet at least twice a year.
Lord Justice Potter - Chairman
Prof. Hugh Brayne - LSCP
Dr Matthew Weait - LSCP
Peta Sweet - LSCP
Prof. John Bell - LSCP
Karen Mackay - LSCP
Charles Plant - LSCP
John Randall QC - LSCP
Alan Street - LSCP
Simon Sapper - LSCP
Richard Moorhead - LSCP
Ian McNeil - LSCP
Lady Elizabeth Finsberg - LSCP
Nigel Reeder - LCD
Julie Swan - Law Society
Brian Pillans - Chairman Association of Law Teachers (ALT)
Prof. Andy Boon - University of Westminster Law School
Nigel Bastin - Bar Council
Prof. Richard Card - Society of Public Teachers in Law (SPTL)
Prof. Nick Wikeley - Society of Legal Scholars (SLS)
Prof. Peter Birks - President of the Society of Legal Scholars
Prof. Nigel Savage - Chief Executive, the College of Law
Richard de Friend - The College of Law
Graham Hogan - Office of Fair Trading (OFT)
Jo Larbie - Law Society Training Committee (LSTC)
John Hodgson - Association of Law Teachers (ALT)
Allison Hollyer - Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX)
Prof. Adrian Keane - Inns of Court School of Law (ICSL)
Ian Buchan - Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (ITMA)
Angela Devereux - University of Cardiff
Prof A T H Smith - Committee of the Heads of University Law Schools (CHULS)
Anne Wong - Institute of Trademarks Attorneys (ITMA)
Prof. Robert Lee - Cardiff Law School
Caroline Maughan - University of West of England
Juliet Hertzog - Legal Services Commission
Alison Bone - Association of Law Teachers (ALT)
Dave Shaw - National Association of Citizens Advice Bureau (NACAB)
Melissa Hardee - Legal Education and Training Group (LETG)
Tracey Varnava - UK Centre for Legal Education (UKCLE)
Helen Carr - University of North London
Peter Watson - Legal Services Commission (LSC)
Nicholas Pope - Chartered Institute of Patent Agents
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