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Written Assignment Each participant submits a written assignment of up to 3,000 words. The assignment is on an aspect of law related to one of the modules which the participant has undertaken, is agreed with the College of Law and is supervised by a tutor from the College. It is submitted during the attachment phase of the programme. Part 2: Solicitor’s placement (12 weeks maximum) Participants undertake a practical attachment in a law firm, an in-house legal department, a public authority, an NGO or other relevant organisation. Host firms and organisations are encouraged to involve the lawyers as much as possible and to invite them, to the extent feasible, to contribute to the case work of their firm or organisation. Placements are monitored on a regular basis throughout by the Programme Director. Where candidates selected for the programme Dissertation Writing Online already have links to law firms or other organisations which would be willing to offer them an appropriate placement, they are advised to pursue these. Any firm offer of such a placement must, however, be reported in good time to the Programme Director at the College of Law in order that it can be evaluated and contact made with the participant’s planned host. The Programme Director reserves the right to decline the placement if it is not suitable. As far as possible, placements are arranged to fit in with each participant’s interests and/or specialism although this cannot be guaranteed. In cases where this is not possible, all efforts will be made to identify a placement which is fulfilling and offers relevant experience. Part 3: Mini-pupillage in barristers’ chambers (2 weeks minimum) Participants spend time in barristers’ chambers, seeing Dissertation Writing Online the work of one or more barristers. During this time they usually have the opportunity to observe cases in court, to discuss them with the barrister concerned and to read paperwork. They may also observe conferences with clients, and may be able to assist with pleadings and other paperwork. There may be some flexibility over the relative lengths of Parts 2 and 3 of the programme. This will be subject to the agreement of the British Council. Diploma: On successful completion of the programme, participants receive a diploma in English Commercial Law from the College of Law which certifies their satisfactory completion of the programme. In order to complete the programme successfully, participants must satisfactorily attend all its components and must pass all the written examinations, including the assignment. The College of Law also offers the taught component Dissertation Writing Online of this programme (Part 1) on a fee-paying basis to lawyers who are unable to commit themselves to the full six-month programme, but who would welcome the chance to follow some or all of it as an opportunity for continuing professional development. Full details of how to apply can be found on the College of Law website at www/college-of-law.co.uk. Then look for ‘International Lawyers’.. 3. The Edinburgh programme The Edinburgh programme is managed by the Faculty of Law of the University of Edinburgh: placements may be in either Edinburgh or Glasgow. Further information about the Faculty of Law can be found at www.law.ed.ac.uk/ Up to 10 lawyers take part in this programme. The process of devolution in Scotland and the re-establishment in 1999 of a Scottish Parliament are having a significant impact on the Scottish legal system Dissertation Writing Online in various respects, although certain areas, such as company law and insolvency, will remain the domain of the Westminster parliament. These ongoing developments may affect the focus of the programme, especially during the two academic periods. Part 1: First academic period - Faculty of Law, University of Edinburgh (5 weeks. The visit to Northern Ireland takes place at the end of this period.) Scots law is a mixed legal system, which means that it has elements of both English common law and European civil law systems. This five-week course aims to provide a broad, general overview of Scots law so as to give participants an understanding of its basic concepts and terminology. Topics include: the nature and structure of the Scottish legal profession; property law; trusts; commercial law; contract; delict; intellectual property; unjustified enrichment; company law; sale of Dissertation Writing Online goods; rights in security; criminal and civil procedure; and public law (constitutional law). Teaching is undertaken by members of the Faculty, with the support of some practitioners. Visits are made to the Court of Session (the highest Court in Scotland) and the Scottish Law Commission. Part 2: Solicitor’s placement (7 weeks) Participants are attached to one, or sometimes two, solicitors' firms or other legal offices, giving them opportunities to see at first hand how solicitors operate in the United Kingdom. Attachments are mainly with private firms, but some are also arranged in the public sector, for example with the Crown Office, the Procurator Fiscal Service (the Prosecution Service) or the Office of the Industrial Tribunals in Glasgow. Participants are encouraged and expected to participate by, for example, reading files, drafting documents, and attending consultations with clients. However, the Dissertation Writing Online work in which they are involved is a matter for the office that they are attached to, and varies from firm to firm. So far as possible, attachments are arranged within the fields of interest of each participant and are monitored by the Programme Director. Dissertation writing week (1 week) Participants are required to submit a typed dissertation of about 4000 words, followed by a feedback interview at the end of the programme. Topics are agreed individually with the Programme Director, and a timetable for the interview arranged during Part 2 of the programme. This week, which falls around Easter, allows the participant to capitalise on the experience of the programme so far to undertake sustained work on the dissertation. Part 3: Second academic period - Faculty of Law, University of Edinburgh (2 weeks) This part of the programme Dissertation Writing Online builds upon the first and second. Topics of study include: medical jurisprudence; international environmental law; and arbitration. Visits are made to the Office of the Industrial Tribunals, the Procurator Fiscal Service (the Prosecution Service in Scotland) and the Scottish Parliament. Part 4: Advocates’ placement (9 weeks) Participants are attached to two members of the Faculty of Advocates (the Scots Bar) in Edinburgh, a Queen's Counsel (Senior Counsel) and a Junior Counsel. There are opportunities to study the cases with which the advocates are concerned, to attend consultations with solicitors and clients, and to observe advocates as they appear before Courts and Tribunals. Participants may be assigned for a week to a judge of the Court of Session, the highest court in Scotland. There are also occasionally opportunities for participants to accompany advocates to London for cases being heard Dissertation Writing Online before the House of Lords, the highest civil court of the United Kingdom. Diploma: On satisfactory completion of the programme participants receive a certificate of attendance and completion of the dissertation issued by the University of Edinburgh. 4. The Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test (QLTT) – England and Wales/ European Lawyers Aptitude Test - Scotland London: The QLTT is the test of the Law Society of England and Wales which allows lawyers from countries of the European Union, Norway and Switzerland who are fully qualified in their own jurisdictions to qualify to practise in England and Wales. Under a special arrangement with the Law Society, and as part of the London programme of the EYLS, participants from EU countries who satisfactorily complete the taught component and are successful in the examinations at the end of it are granted exemption Dissertation Writing Online from two out of the four ‘heads’ of the QLTT (‘Principles of Common Law’ and ‘Litigation’). Many then go on, at their own expense and in their own time, to sit the examinations for the other two ‘heads’ (‘Property’ and ‘Professional Conduct and Accounts’). Full details about the QLTT are provided in advance of their arrival to those following the EYLS in London. You can also find information on the Law Society website at www/lawsociety.org.uk/home.asp (home page: then click on ‘Qualifying as a solicitor’ and again on ‘Qualifying from overseas’). Candidates should note that the Law Society is currently conducting a Foreign Lawyer Re-Qualification Review to take account of international developments including European directives on professional qualifications. Edinburgh: The broadly equivalent test in Scotland is the European Lawyers Aptitude Test. Candidates are welcome to discuss this with Dissertation Writing Online the Director of the Edinburgh programme and/or to seek advice direct from the International Officer of the Law Society of Scotland (26 Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh EH3 7YR. Tel:+44 (0) 131 226 7411; Fax: +44 (0) 131 225 2934 e-mail: [email protected]). The Society’s website is at www/lawscot.org.uk. 5. Recruitment profile Candidates should normally: • be under 36 years of age • have successfully completed the academic stage of training (certification must be provided as part of each candidate’s application) • in the case of most countries, have completed any period of associate or partial practice necessary to full practising status • be currently working in a field of the law directly relevant to the objectives of the Scheme (see Section 1) • have attained a standard of English language competence broadly equivalent to Band score 7.00 on the International English Language Testing Service (IELTS), Dissertation Writing Online or be otherwise certified by the local British Council office as fully competent in both written and spoken language to participate in the programme. All candidates must indicate their commitment to take time out of their career to pursue the programme, and those assessing them will be looking for evidence of candidates’ potential to become leaders in their field and future decision-makers. 6. Procedure for applications All candidates must submit the following documents to their local British Council office: • a completed and signed Application Form • a completed and signed Supplementary Information Form • copies of relevant certification (university and/or professional qualification certificate, professional examination certificates: school leaving examination certificates are not required) • a full up-to-date curriculum vitae • two supporting references. Locally shortlisted candidates are invited to attend a selection interview in their home country. A panel (which normally consists of Dissertation Writing Online the British Council Country Director or a senior colleague, where possible a local representative of the European Lawyers Association, a senior representative of the national professional regulatory body and others) uses the recruitment profile above to assess their suitability for the programme. On the basis of application forms and performance at interview, recommended candidates’ papers are forwarded to the British Council in the UK, where the final selection is made jointly by the Programme Directors for the London and Edinburgh programmes. This selection aims to ensure that participants chosen for the programme bring to it a range of nationalities, genders and backgrounds and experience which will support the networking aspects of the time spent together and encourage the sharing of different perspectives and views. In addition to those selected, a number of reserve participants are identified so Dissertation Writing Online that in the event of a first choice candidate having to withdraw from the programme, the vacant place can be filled quickly. The application process requires candidates to indicate their preference for the London or the Edinburgh programme and, in the case of the London programme, to indicate their preliminary choice of modules. These choices will be taken into account by the Programme Directors in the UK when making the final selections, although they reserve the right to allocate candidates to the programmes in order to achieve the various balances indicated above. Candidates should therefore note that it is unlikely to be possible to amend their preference after this selection has been made, or later to re-allocate them to a programme other than the one for which they have been selected. |
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