Today I am talking to Richard de Friend, director of the Bloomsbury centre of The College of Law. Richard has had a long and distinguished career in legal education as pro Vice Chancellor of Kent University and, in recent years, with the College of Law.
The Wood report is – rather like a cornetto… soft and imaginative in parts in terms of changes to syllabus but with a hard outer covering in terms of the proposed exam structure…aptitude test and their concerns about fees. We discuss the implications of The Wood report on Bar legal education and assess how the proposed changes to bar education will affect the College.
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