and development requirements to ensure their continuing competence. This is intended to make continuing competence more flexible, enabling solicitors to pursue their individual training needs. Non-university graduates Non-graduates can qualify as a solicitor through the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX), which involves completing several years’ qualifying employment (usually in a law firm), passing specific CILEX exams, and then applying to the SRA to be considered exempt from some of its qualification requirements. For more on CILEX, see the ‘Alternative careers’ and ‘CILEX’ chapters.
Reality check: Remember that althoughmost firms currently use the four-seat training contract model described here, this could change over the coming years – some also run training on a non-rotational basis. A smaller number of firms also choose to operate a six-seat training system, exposing trainees to awider variety of practice areas.
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