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<blockquote data-quote="Jaysen" data-source="post: 829" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>I can see A&O doing this – they seem to be very open minded in the way they run their business – but for the more traditional UK firms and many of the US firms, I’d be surprised if the more senior lawyers were open to it. I can see them being worried about their competitiveness, especially as they tend to operate in packs.</p><p></p><p>I love that. I have heard Peter Thiel refer to Reid’s role at PayPal as a firefighter, but I don’t think I understood what he meant at the time – will check out the Masters of Scale episode! I can relate to spending time putting out fires rather than pushing it forward, it’s something I need to remind myself here, even if it is on a much smaller scale.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I can see it being difficult for many lawyers to get on board with the idea precisely because they're inside the profession. Sometimes you need an outside perspective or someone designing it from the ground up to disrupt the industry and fix the existing problems (as tech startups do), especially in traditionally conservative sectors like law.</p><p></p><p>That's an interesting thought. The problem is that it relies on universities to step up and redesign their law degree, and I'm not sure they'd be willing to do that if it means cutting out existing modules. It would be an expensive move and it wouldn't cater to students pursuing alternative career paths.</p><p></p><p>What they could do is introduce an extra year for students and then teach the practical skills for the SQE 1. They could market this as a new degree option (the first three years would be the same and the last year would be for aspiring lawyers). Unfortunately, this makes law degrees more expensive, so I'm not sure how feasible it is.</p><p></p><p>Let's say universities do adapt, I'm not sure what it means for ULaw and BPP (and it's no wonder they're not very happy with it). I was discussing this yesterday with a former graduate recruiter at an MC firm. She was under the impression that prestigious universities had shown an unwillingness to adapt to the SQE 1 and didn't think it would break ULaw and BPP's grip on the market. If this is true, that would be a shame.</p><p></p><p>I also presume law firms will pay for non-law students with training contracts to study for the SQE 1. The problem is this would reduce accessibility for those without TC's.</p><p></p><p>I do think it's a step in the right direction and more can be done to improve accessibility and better prepare students, I just hope the SRA comes up with something more robust in the near future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaysen, post: 829, member: 1"] I can see A&O doing this – they seem to be very open minded in the way they run their business – but for the more traditional UK firms and many of the US firms, I’d be surprised if the more senior lawyers were open to it. I can see them being worried about their competitiveness, especially as they tend to operate in packs. I love that. I have heard Peter Thiel refer to Reid’s role at PayPal as a firefighter, but I don’t think I understood what he meant at the time – will check out the Masters of Scale episode! I can relate to spending time putting out fires rather than pushing it forward, it’s something I need to remind myself here, even if it is on a much smaller scale. I can see it being difficult for many lawyers to get on board with the idea precisely because they're inside the profession. Sometimes you need an outside perspective or someone designing it from the ground up to disrupt the industry and fix the existing problems (as tech startups do), especially in traditionally conservative sectors like law. That's an interesting thought. The problem is that it relies on universities to step up and redesign their law degree, and I'm not sure they'd be willing to do that if it means cutting out existing modules. It would be an expensive move and it wouldn't cater to students pursuing alternative career paths. What they could do is introduce an extra year for students and then teach the practical skills for the SQE 1. They could market this as a new degree option (the first three years would be the same and the last year would be for aspiring lawyers). Unfortunately, this makes law degrees more expensive, so I'm not sure how feasible it is. Let's say universities do adapt, I'm not sure what it means for ULaw and BPP (and it's no wonder they're not very happy with it). I was discussing this yesterday with a former graduate recruiter at an MC firm. She was under the impression that prestigious universities had shown an unwillingness to adapt to the SQE 1 and didn't think it would break ULaw and BPP's grip on the market. If this is true, that would be a shame. I also presume law firms will pay for non-law students with training contracts to study for the SQE 1. The problem is this would reduce accessibility for those without TC's. I do think it's a step in the right direction and more can be done to improve accessibility and better prepare students, I just hope the SRA comes up with something more robust in the near future. [/QUOTE]
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