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Vocational training for trainee solicitors - Guidance

Guidance: To help you understand the steps you need to take to complete the vocational part of training to become a solicitor.

Glossary terms

solicitor

means a person who has been admitted as a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales and whose name is on the roll.

SRA

means the Solicitors Regulation Authority

prescribed

means prescribed by the SRA from time to time

degree

means a UK degree, awarded at level 6 (or above) of the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications, by a recognised degree-awarding body

character and suitability

includes fitness and propriety under rule 13.1 of the SRA Authorisation of Firms Rules