LETR may come to nothing, warns University of Law chief
updated on 11 April 2013
The Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) could be outdated before it is published, University of Law chief executive Nigel Savage has warned.
Savage has expressed his concern to the Law Society Gazette following repeated delays to the LETR's publication. He claimed that changes that have taken place in the legal profession since the LETR began its research, including cuts to legal aid, the rise of alternative business structures and the Jackson reforms, might render the review’s recommendations obsolete. Savage also compared the LETR to the previous Training Framework Review led by Roger Smith, which stalled due to disagreements among its researchers and ultimately failed to instigate widespread reform.
Savage said: "The pace of change in higher education and legal services is such that the LETR could be dead before it hits the ground. It’s a missed opportunity because we have been waiting a long time since Roger Smith’s project more than 10 years ago. That came to nothing, too."
