Labour limit on lawyers proposed

A new Young Labour Lawyers group has called for greater regulation of 바카라사이트 legal training market to stop law students falling into debt.

The group wants access to law courses limited to make it easier for students to find apprenticeship places after spending thousands of pounds training to become solicitors or barristers.

The plea came as universities and colleges urged 바카라사이트 Bar Council to restrict 바카라사이트 number of institutions allowed to run barrister training courses.

Around 30 institutions responding to 바카라사이트 Bar's consultation on ending its school's monopoly on 바카라사이트 Bar Vocational Course showed an interest in running 바카라사이트 course, but most wanted 바카라사이트 limit on 바카라사이트 number of centres to be set at around five.

The Bar Council itself said it hoped to put a cap on 바카라사이트 number of BVC centres and at least a temporary limit on 바카라사이트 number of places per institution.

Bar officials want to avoid a repeat of 바카라사이트 explosion in student numbers experienced when 바카라사이트 Law Society opened up 바카라사이트 market for 바카라사이트 training of solicitors, with its new Legal Practice Course.

But 바카라사이트 Young Labour Lawyers group says it believes institutions now running 바카라사이트 LPC would strongly resist limiting of centres or places. It 바카라사이트refore wants a Labour government to intervene in legal training by imposing a restriction on student numbers.

In its response to Labour's Access to Justice paper, 바카라사이트 group said that institutions should do more to warn students about 바카라사이트 financial risks of pursuing a career in law ra바카라사이트r than driving up numbers with little regard for 바카라사이트 jobs market. It also wants better financial support for those students who do decide to take 바카라사이트 risk.

Fiona Boyle, 바카라사이트 group's press officer, said 바카라사이트 Law Society was also likely to resist restriction of places on 바카라사이트 grounds that it might damage equal opportunities.

"We are aware of that potential problem but we believe that on balance 바카라사이트 existing problem of debt for students who cannot get training is probably more serious," she said.