Accutrainee and COLP Webinar: QWE- Everything you need to know
Date: 20 October 2022
Time: 12:30 - 14:00
This webinar is jointly hosted by The College of Legal Practice and Accutrainee. It is an opportunity for aspiring solicitors to find out more about Qualifying Work Experience and hopefully we can answer all your questions.
The great news is that QWE is opening up opportunities for students and paralegals to qualify in a completely different way outside the training contract structure. However, with so much flexibility and choice how do you make the right decision on choosing QWE that best progresses your legal career?
Topics covered in the webinar:
This webinar will take you through:
- SQE route to qualification
- The ins and outs of Qualifying Work Experience (QWE)
- The opportunities available to you through QWE
- Recording and confirming QWE
- How to secure good quality QWE
- Accutrainee's and The College of Legal Practice's support for you through the SQE and QWE
- Questions
The webinar will finish by 1.30pm, but there will be a session available from 1.30pm for any further questions.
Speakers
Susan Cooper
Susan trained and practised in the banking department at Hogan Lovells International LLP. In 2012 she founded Accutrainee which delivered the first flexible training contracts to the legal profession pioneering a ‘new’ route to qualification which is very similar to the qualifying work experience we have today. Susan’s work at Accutrainee has provided detailed insights into the changing goals and aspirations of our next generation of lawyers as well as the necessity for legal professionals to adopt new business models and new ways of working in order to retain the best talent.
Susan is passionate about diversity in the legal profession and creating opportunities for talented graduates wanting to qualify as solicitors where they will receive the highest quality of work, training, supervision and mentoring.
Dr Giles Proctor
CEO, The College of Legal Practice
Dr Giles Proctor qualified as a solicitor with Addleshaw Goddard in Manchester and practiced in corporate and commercial law before entering teaching and completing his PhD.
Giles has designed and delivered commercial diploma courses and corporate training for ‘magic circle’ law firms, whilst at Nottingham Law School and the University of Law. He managed the successful opening of Kaplan Law School, delivering postgraduate legal education, in partnership with Nottingham Law School, to over 16 City firms. Whilst leading Kaplan Law School , the Law School was contracted by the Solicitors Regulation Authority to design and develop the assessment for the changing QLTS exam regime, which has now shaped the SQE assessment regime.
Giles helped found Roehampton Law School (the Law School), which opened in September 2015, the teaching at the Law School being guided by the philosophy of ‘law in practice’, teaching law to students in the context of legal practice, using tutors who are overwhelmingly ex-practitioners. He joined The College of Legal Practice as Chief Executive Officer in February 2020 and leads our business engagement, collaborating with firms and Universities to develop bespoke training programmes around professional education, including SQE.