15. At the first renewal Chartered Legal Executive Advocates must produce portfolios of 3 cases where they have exercised their new rights. 6 first year renewals fell due during 2013 and 1 was carried forward from 2012. The Officer considered and approved 4 applications for renewal of criminal proceedings certificates under the delegated procedure. The ALC considered and approved 1 application for renewal of family proceedings certificate. 2 applications were not received on time. 1 is being processed under the lapsed procedure. The remaining applicant indicated that they did not wish to renew their certificate.
16. The lapsed application was not in a position to be considered before the required renewal date. It will therefore be dealt with as an application to renew a lapsed certificate. Applications to renew lapsed certificates are dealt with in the same way as first year renewals but must be supported by evidence of the applicant’s CPD hours for the preceding 12 months and an explanation as to why the certificate lapsed. The application remains on-going.
17. A summary of the first year renewal applications received and processed during 2013 appears below.
Area of Practice
Civil
First year renewal applications Received
Approved - Criminal 5 Family 1 - 4 1
and family proceedings, with candidates undertaking the course relevant to the specialist area in which they obtained a certificate of eligibility.
21. Courses must be provided by course providers accredited in accordance with the Rights of Audience Certification Rules. Kaplan Altior was the first accredited course provider and has been the sole provider of courses to date. It has delivered courses in criminal and family proceedings. It is willing to deliver courses in civil proceedings but had been unable to do so due to limited interest and practical problems.
22. Kaplan provided a criminal proceedings course and a family proceedings course in July 2013. proceedings.
7 candidates
8 candidates successfully completed the family successfully
completed the criminal
proceedings course and assessments and qualified as Chartered Legal Executive Advocates. 1 candidate failed the family proceedings course.
23. There are currently 2 candidates waiting to undertake a criminal proceedings course, 2 candidates waiting to undertake a civil proceedings course and 3 candidates waiting to undertake a family proceedings course.
Associate Prosecutor Qualification Scheme Outstanding/Lapsed - 25. The CPS delivers Associate Prosecutor (AP) training courses. 1 0
18. Subsequent renewals are approved by the IPS office on the basis that applicants have complied with the Continued Professional Development requirements.
6 Subsequent renewals fell due during 2013.
IPS office approved 6 subsequent renewals of criminal proceedings certificates.
19. A summary of the subsequent renewal applications received and processed during 2012 appears below.
Due to The
government cut backs AP recruitment was not taking place. The CPS undertook Associate Prosecutor training courses, in Youth and Youth Bail courses for Level 1 Associate Prosecutors. The external adviser inspected a number of these courses in 2013. Upon successful completion of this course Associate Prosecutors are authorised to undertake some Youth and Youth bail hearings. The inspection found that the level of resource the CPS puts into training was consistently high and the course met the expected outcomes. All recommendations made by the External Adviser following inspections have been implemented immediately by the CPS.
26. The CPS is intending to run a foundation course and advocacy course in 2014.
Qualifying Employment
Area of Practice
Civil
Subsequent renewal applications Received
Approved - Criminal 6 Family - Course providers
20. Upon obtaining a certificate of eligibility candidates must complete an advocacy skills course. The course is a practical course aimed at developing advocacy skills and involves a thorough assessment of advocacy skills against set criteria. The courses are split into civil, criminal
18 - 6 - Outstanding/Lapsed - - -
27. The ALC was responsible for considering applications relating to qualifying employment, reviewing the arrangements for assessing qualifying employment and making recommendations to IPS for revisions to the scheme.
Work based learning scheme
28. The proposed changes to the procedures for assessing qualifying employment were approved by the Legal Services Board in March 2013. The application form for qualification as a Fellow was replaced with a work-based learning scheme where members were required to evidence achievement of a specified set of outcomes in a log book, in addition to providing evidence of a period of qualifying employment. The new scheme came into force in June 2013 and to ensure that members were not adversely affected, transitional arrangements were implemented
Professional standards for specialist lawyers
24. The ALC became responsible for oversight of the Associate Prosecutor qualification scheme from 1 May 2011.
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