'New Certificates of Eligibility' and Regulation of Training for the English Bar.

Macey-Dare, Rupert

doi:10.2139/ssrn.976716

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'New Certificates of Eligibility' and Regulation of Training for the English Bar.

Rupert Macey-Dare

St. Cross College, Oxford

Spring 2007

Abstract:
This paper outlines a new proposal for correcting imbalances in training for the English Bar, by controlling access to the preliminary BVC (Bar Vocational Course) stage. The proposal, it is argued, should have additional strong beneficial effects on the composition and competitiveness of the practicing Bar and its ability to thrive in the evolving market for legal services.

Keywords: barrister, pupillage, deferral of call, Inns of Court, legal education, professional, vocational training, BVC, bar vocational course, regulation, certificate, eligibility, signalling, coordination, quota

JEL Classification: D18, D43, D45, J44, K21

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Date posted: April 17, 2007 ; Last revised: January 26, 2011

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Macey-Dare, Rupert, 'New Certificates of Eligibility' and Regulation of Training for the English Bar. (Spring 2007). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=976716 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.976716

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St. Cross College, Oxford ( email )

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Oxford
United Kingdom