... of Continuing Professional Development per year for three years and another 48 hours for each subsequent three year period. The training a solicitor has to go through in a nut shell: Barrister To train as a barrister it is now a requirement to have a degree of at least at upper second class honours. If the degree is in LAW, the graduate may proceed to the next stage of training. But if the degree is in another subject then the student must convert it by taking the Common Professional Examination or a Postgraduate Diploma in Law. This is what is known as the ACADEMIC STAGE OF TRAINING. Once the student has successfully completed this, a prospective barrister must then join one of the four Inns of Court (Gray's Inn, Lincoln's Inn, Middle Temple or Inner Temple). Also traditionally there is a requirement to 'keep terms'. This had to be completed, until recently, by ...

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