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Your identity  \nName of the firm or organisation where you work  \nAGCAS Legal Profession Task Group  \nWe may publish a list of respondents and a report on responses. Partial attributed responses may be published. Please advise us if you do not wish us to attribute your response or for your name or the name of your firm or organisation to appear on any published list of respondents.  \nAttribute my/our response and publish my/our name.  \nPlease identify the capacity in which you are submitting a response. I am submitting a response…  \non behalf of a representative group  \nPlease enter the name of the group.: AGCAS Legal Profession Task Group  \n1. Do you agree that these regulations implement the agreed policy framework for the SQE? One of the main concerns is around Regulation 2 which deals with qualifying work experience .  \na) How is it proposed that the qualifying work experience is 'signed off' where there is no COLP or solicitor in the employing/training organisation able to do this? Will the SRA provide the requisite training for these organisations or will other arrangements be put in place? If so what?  \nb) How 'recent' does this experience have to be in order to qualify?  \nc) Should each period of qualifying work experience be required to develop a minimum number of the prescribed competences?  \n2. Do you have any comments on the proposals for recognition of the knowledge and competences of qualified lawyers?  \nDo you have any comments on the proposal for recognition of the knowledge and competences of qualified lawyers?  \nIt is helpful that the proposals will aim to clarify the position of lawyers from other jurisdictions and it is hoped that this will result in transparent routes for different jurisdictions being made clear including guidance on what knowledge and experience (level, type and duration) will be required for recognition/exemptions.  \nIt would be helpful to have guidance on the period of time the process may take and the level of resources the SRA intends to commit to support the demand.  \nA new route to Qualification: New Regulations  \nResponse-Association of Women Solicitors, London  \nAbout Association of Women Solicitors, London  \nAssociation of Women Solicitors, London was founded in 1992 and its aims include representing, supporting and developing the interests of women solicitors. Membership is open to all women solicitors and traineesand associate membership to other women lawyers including barristers, legal executives and paralegals. More information can be found on our website [h](http://www.awslondon.co.uk)[ttp://www.awslondon.co.uk](http://www.awslondon.co.uk)  \nA new route to Qualification: New Regulations  \nResponse  \nFor the reasons given below we advise an amendment to Part 1 Regulation 2.1 (c","cbCaiiI2I29krkgH","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiI2I29krkgH","pdf",7202728,131,"English","# Responses\n## Questions on qualifying work experience\n## Recognition of knowledge and competences for qualified lawyers\n## QWE definition and fairness concerns","[{\"question\":\"How should Qualifying Work Experience be signed off when there is no COLP or solicitor in the training organisation?\",\"answer\":\"The response asks how sign-off would work in organisations without a COLP or solicitor able to do this, and whether the SRA would provide training or other arrangements would be put in place.\"},{\"question\":\"How recent does the work experience need to be to qualify?\",\"answer\":\"The responses request clarification on what “recent” means for qualifying work experience.\"},{\"question\":\"What concerns are raised about QWE and access to the profession?\",\"answer\":\"Responses highlight unfairness in recruitment and point to unpaid and unadvertised internships, arguing this can disadvantage less privileged candidates unless advertising and related issues are addressed.\"}]","A new route to qualification - New regulations - Consultation responses | PDF",1790449232,330]