Effective Strategies for Professional Development in the Legal Field
Explore Karen Minns' insightful approach to continuing competence in the legal industry, including self-reflection, planning, addressing learning needs, recording progress, and valuable resources. Discover how solicitors are enhancing their skills and staying competent based on a recent survey by the SRA.
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Continuing competence Karen Minns, Policy Manager, SRA
Agenda Our approach What do we expect you to do? What others are doing Resources Reviews of competence
Our approach Consumer protection An open and diverse marketplace Access to justice Proportionate and targeted
1. Reflecting on your practice Think about your practice to identify learning and development needs Record your identified learning and development needs
2. Planning learning and development Record how you plan to address your identified learning and development needs: what why when how prioritise Review your plan regularly
3. Addressing your learning and development needs Formal training In-house training Shared learning Feedback Research, reading, discussion Informal training File review
4. Recording and evaluating Record activity undertaken to address your learning and development needs Demonstrate to us and your employer that you are addressing your needs Evaluating helps identify any key points where further learning and development is required
Our survey says. June 2021 SRA survey of around 600 solicitors found: Almost all (98%) plan for and address their training and development needs Firm checks on competence - supervision through one-to-one meetings (70%), support on difficult points (70%) or file reviews (50%) Other examples of development activity - mentoring programmes, regular informal and ad hoc discussions and review and sign off of important files or documents Covid-19: more training online; more training than previously
Resources Competence Statement Resources including templates for development plans and records Enforcement topic guide competence and standard of service Coroner s court and youth court resources
