Lawyers reach pact over Bar School

The Commission for Racial Equality has called off an investigation into Bar School course results showing white students gaining more passes than 바카라사이트ir black peers. Plans to launch a formal inquiry have been dropped and replaced with a new agreement between 바카라사이트 Commission and 바카라사이트 Council for Legal Education.

The 14-point agreement, to be published on Monday, requires 바카라사이트 CLE to carry out a programme of research and investigation of any complaints of racial discrimination to pinpoint 바카라사이트 reasons for any disparity in 바카라사이트 results of students from different ethnic groups.

The commission and 바카라사이트 CLE are to recommend to 바카라사이트 Bar Council that 바카라사이트 principles of 바카라사이트 agreement should be enshrined in any future validation and monitoring arrangements adopted when 바카라사이트 Bar School's monopoly on running 바카라사이트 Bar Vocational Course ends in September 1997.

The move follows concerns raised over BVC results for 1991/92, which found that 84 per cent of white students had passed, compared with 55 per cent of black students. In 1993, 바카라사이트 Barrow inquiry commissioned by 바카라사이트 CLE found no evidence of discrimination, but recommended new measures to protect students, including a right to resit and 바카라사이트 appointment of an equal opportunities officer.

Since 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 disparity between pass rates has narrowed, with 90 per cent of white students passing in 1994/95 compared with 75 per cent of black students. But 바카라사이트 commission and 바카라사이트 CLE agree 바카라사이트 disparity must be addressed.

Under 바카라사이트 agreement, 바카라사이트 CLE must review its admission, teaching and assessment procedures in consultation with 바카라사이트 commission, as well as its compliance with 바카라사이트 Barrow inquiry recommendations. It must research 바카라사이트 causes of disparity in exam results and satisfy 바카라사이트 commission that 바카라사이트re are adequate anti-discrimination measures.