tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733181849935350778.post7183318186842664940..comments2024-03-28T10:30:45.034+00:00Comments on Steve Cornforth Blog: Law - a Career for the rich?steve cornforth bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06502385802352433188noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733181849935350778.post-68495936412441475362013-07-30T11:59:04.933+01:002013-07-30T11:59:04.933+01:00A lawyer will have to make a lot of decisions and ...A lawyer will have to make a lot of decisions and his clients rely on him to make good ones. In order to make good decisions a lawyer has to have good judgment. Remember it is not your lawyer who suffers he convinces you to turn down a deal and go to trial and you end up losing it is you.myseattle duilawyershttp://www.myseattleduilawyers.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733181849935350778.post-86320799023738763552012-08-18T07:11:37.756+01:002012-08-18T07:11:37.756+01:00"There is so much that you can get from these..."There is so much that you can get from these ethics. The options are endless with comes with this. Great work on this." evening party sareehttp://www.inmonarch.com/products/fullpage/3128/traditional-evening-party-wear-sareenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733181849935350778.post-10586312225990583362012-05-18T22:12:44.678+01:002012-05-18T22:12:44.678+01:00Great points there. It will be a sad day for stude...Great points there. It will be a sad day for students and also for the profession.steve cornforth bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502385802352433188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733181849935350778.post-9258554024979089572012-05-18T22:05:54.913+01:002012-05-18T22:05:54.913+01:00I'm an LPC student and incredibly saddened by ...I'm an LPC student and incredibly saddened by this news. I feel this will severely restrict diversity within a profession, which is at times nearing an "old boys club" in any case. I am even more astonished by some of my fellow students' attitude to this, who simply see the short game in a potential increase in employment opportunities. <br /><br />I don't buy into the fact that there will be a noticeable increase in training contracts as some claim, but I've heard some students commenting that if students are passionate about a career in law, they'll take any salary. I'm not sure what ridiculous middle class bubble these people live in, but many "good" (as well as not so good) universities are set to increase fees to 9k per year. Add the undergrad debt plus maintenance allowance; reduced funding options for the LPC and a deregulation of the minimum salary; how is law a viable option for a student from a low income family? From entering the LPC to commencing training, it seems now to be the test of who can afford to be a solicitor rather than who has the qualities to be a successful solicitor.Goldilocks Traineehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10796668885120678876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733181849935350778.post-42121908793731112982012-05-17T23:06:57.698+01:002012-05-17T23:06:57.698+01:00It isnt a question of defying the SRA but just pay...It isnt a question of defying the SRA but just paying a fair rate to someone who has worked their socks off and run up huge debts. And yes that goes for other professionals too....steve cornforth bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502385802352433188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733181849935350778.post-72525813121793038662012-05-17T22:34:38.914+01:002012-05-17T22:34:38.914+01:00I guess at EAD solicitors you'll be paying a d...I guess at EAD solicitors you'll be paying a decent training salary then and defying the Solicitor's Regulation Authority?<br /><br />I think that law has a high barrier of entry as it is and this is just adding to it. That seems a shame. But I wonder how much sympathy the young lawyers will get. Can't trainee doctors, teachers, or even kids doing their first degree argue they are in the same boat?Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01593507237737978064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733181849935350778.post-3468353402041542592012-05-17T18:00:18.416+01:002012-05-17T18:00:18.416+01:00Yes - there is no way that could have qualified an...Yes - there is no way that could have qualified and survived if I was doing it now!steve cornforth bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502385802352433188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733181849935350778.post-29751125272154177982012-05-17T17:53:49.059+01:002012-05-17T17:53:49.059+01:00I agree completely Steve. It took me £47,000 worth...I agree completely Steve. It took me £47,000 worth of debt to qualify as a lawyer - imagine trying to get a mortgage, save for a marriage or even pay into a pension when you have to do that just to qualify as a lawyer with no guarantee of obtaining a training contract at the end? I fear the way we are headed the law will become a profession regulated, interpreted and operated by the rich for the benefit of the rich only. That can not be right.Paul Curriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13976269923784611524noreply@blogger.com