Friday, 3 September 2010
New Scottish Vacancies from Search Legal
Please visit our Job Zone for further information; www.specialistparalegals.co.uk/JobZone.
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
New Vacancies Available to View in the SSP Job Zone
To find out more please visit; www.specialistparalegals.co.uk/JobZone.
Monday, 9 August 2010
UPDATE - Registered Paralegal Scheme Joint Application
I am pleased to announce that our submission on standards to the Registered Paralegal Standing Committee has been provisionally accepted and the Committee is now focussed on evaluating the individual submissions made by our members to ensure quality and consistency.
Due to the volume of applications received, the Standing Committee has also extended the deadline for receipt of applications from SSP members. If you did not previously submit your details and wish to be included in the SSP’s joint application you now have until Thursday, 12th August 2010 to do so.
As a reminder, the key criteria associated with Transition – Stage 1 are summarised below:
Due to the volume of applications received, the Standing Committee has also extended the deadline for receipt of applications from SSP members. If you did not previously submit your details and wish to be included in the SSP’s joint application you now have until Thursday, 12th August 2010 to do so.
As a reminder, the key criteria associated with Transition – Stage 1 are summarised below:
- You must hold a qualification relevant to the Legal Domain(s) you wish to register in.
- You must obtain a signed statement from a supervising solicitor in support of your application which details your practice experience, confirms that you meet the basic competencies for all paralegals joining the scheme as well as those specific to the Legal Domain(s) you wish to register in and indicates that you have demonstrated a commitment to CPD and lifelong learning.
- If you do not work in a Legal Domain which is a ‘Guide Area’, you must submit a duly completed ‘prompt sheet’ in the area in which you work (full details available from the Law Society of Scotland; www.lawscot.org.uk/paralegals).
Please contact us by email (enquiries@specialistparalegals.co.uk) confirming which Legal Domain(s) you wish to register in and remember to include the supporting statement and any completed prompt sheets (if applicable).
I am also delighted to confirm that Gillian McGoldrick F.S.S.P. has been selected to represent our membership on the Registered Paralegal Standing Committee. Gillian works as a Legal Executive for Tods Murray LLP and has been a paralegal for five years. She brings a wealth of practical experience and a great deal of enthusiasm to her new role and is committed to working towards the successful launch of the Registered Paralegal Scheme as well as ensuring that the professional interests of the SSP and its members are well represented throughout the scheme’s implementation and beyond.
Full details of the launch process and each individual stage can be found on our website.
Moira McFadyen
Managing Director
CLT (Scotland) Ltd
Society of Specialist Paralegals
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Law Society of Scotland: Registered Paralegal Scheme Launch
Dear Member,
The launch date of the Law Society of Scotland Registered Paralegal Scheme has been confirmed as Monday, 16th August 2010. The scheme will launch in three stages and a summary of how these stages will apply to SSP members is outlined below:
TRANSITION – STAGE 1
16th August 2010 to 15th November 2010
The SSP intends to make a joint application to the Standing Committee on behalf of all Scottish Fellows who can provide the signature of a supervising solicitor holding a current practising certificate from the Law Society of Scotland and who wish to be included as part of the joint application. If you are eligible to apply under this stage of the transition arrangements then we will contact you shortly to request signatures and your permission to forward your details to the Law Society of Scotland as part of our joint application.
TRANSITION – STAGE 2
16th November 2010 to 15th August 2011
SSP members who have not yet been awarded Fellowship status but feel that they already meet the standards that the scheme seeks to establish may make an application to the Standing Committee under this stage. Applications submitted under Transition – Stage 2 will be considered on an individual basis.
FULL ROUTE
From 16th August 2011
SSP members who are not eligible to apply under Transition – Stage 1 or Transition – Stage 2 may apply to join the scheme under the Full Route. This will become the only route into the scheme once the transition stages outlined above have closed.
Further details about each stage can be found by visiting the Law Society of Scotland’s website; www.lawscot.org.uk/paralegals.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR FELLOWS
The Registered Paralegal Scheme will launch with guide areas in place outlining the role and duties of paralegals working in the following practice areas:
• Civil Litigation
• Criminal Litigation
• Debt Recovery
• Licensing
• Residential Conveyancing
• Wills, Trusts and Executries
So as not to delay the launch of the scheme, the Law Society of Scotland is asking for your help to devise legal domains in the area you work in. If you do not work in one of the areas above, are an SSP Fellow and wish to join the scheme under Transition – Stage 1 we need your assistance.
A legal domain ‘prompt sheet’, and corresponding ‘Additional Competencies’ for Executries were produced in The Registered Paralegal - Paper 2 in order to demonstrate how completion of the ‘prompt sheet’ by a paralegal working in a particular area will translate into the subject specific ‘Additional Competencies’ for that area.
Using the Executries Legal Domain as a guide we would ask that both you and your supervising solicitor complete the prompt sheet together and asses what you both consider should be included. This will be of particular importance to those Fellows with a Specialist Paralegal Qualification in any of the following areas:
• Commercial Conveyancing
• Company Law
• Employment Law
• Family Law
Copies of both The Registered Paralegal – Paper 2 and the prompt sheet can be downloaded directly from the Law Society of Scotland’s website: www.lawscot.org.uk/paralegals.
The SSP will be meeting with representatives of the Law Society of Scotland and its partners for this scheme on Saturday, 17th April 2010. It would be greatly appreciated if you could return any completed prompt sheets to us at enquiries@specialistparalegals.co.uk before this date.
If you have any further queries regarding the joint application then please do not hesitate to contact the Society of Specialist Paralegals on 0141 225 6700.
Yours sincerely,
Moira McFadyen
Managing Director
CLT (Scotland) Ltd
Society of Specialist Paralegals
The launch date of the Law Society of Scotland Registered Paralegal Scheme has been confirmed as Monday, 16th August 2010. The scheme will launch in three stages and a summary of how these stages will apply to SSP members is outlined below:
TRANSITION – STAGE 1
16th August 2010 to 15th November 2010
The SSP intends to make a joint application to the Standing Committee on behalf of all Scottish Fellows who can provide the signature of a supervising solicitor holding a current practising certificate from the Law Society of Scotland and who wish to be included as part of the joint application. If you are eligible to apply under this stage of the transition arrangements then we will contact you shortly to request signatures and your permission to forward your details to the Law Society of Scotland as part of our joint application.
TRANSITION – STAGE 2
16th November 2010 to 15th August 2011
SSP members who have not yet been awarded Fellowship status but feel that they already meet the standards that the scheme seeks to establish may make an application to the Standing Committee under this stage. Applications submitted under Transition – Stage 2 will be considered on an individual basis.
FULL ROUTE
From 16th August 2011
SSP members who are not eligible to apply under Transition – Stage 1 or Transition – Stage 2 may apply to join the scheme under the Full Route. This will become the only route into the scheme once the transition stages outlined above have closed.
Further details about each stage can be found by visiting the Law Society of Scotland’s website; www.lawscot.org.uk/paralegals.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR FELLOWS
The Registered Paralegal Scheme will launch with guide areas in place outlining the role and duties of paralegals working in the following practice areas:
• Civil Litigation
• Criminal Litigation
• Debt Recovery
• Licensing
• Residential Conveyancing
• Wills, Trusts and Executries
So as not to delay the launch of the scheme, the Law Society of Scotland is asking for your help to devise legal domains in the area you work in. If you do not work in one of the areas above, are an SSP Fellow and wish to join the scheme under Transition – Stage 1 we need your assistance.
A legal domain ‘prompt sheet’, and corresponding ‘Additional Competencies’ for Executries were produced in The Registered Paralegal - Paper 2 in order to demonstrate how completion of the ‘prompt sheet’ by a paralegal working in a particular area will translate into the subject specific ‘Additional Competencies’ for that area.
Using the Executries Legal Domain as a guide we would ask that both you and your supervising solicitor complete the prompt sheet together and asses what you both consider should be included. This will be of particular importance to those Fellows with a Specialist Paralegal Qualification in any of the following areas:
• Commercial Conveyancing
• Company Law
• Employment Law
• Family Law
Copies of both The Registered Paralegal – Paper 2 and the prompt sheet can be downloaded directly from the Law Society of Scotland’s website: www.lawscot.org.uk/paralegals.
The SSP will be meeting with representatives of the Law Society of Scotland and its partners for this scheme on Saturday, 17th April 2010. It would be greatly appreciated if you could return any completed prompt sheets to us at enquiries@specialistparalegals.co.uk before this date.
If you have any further queries regarding the joint application then please do not hesitate to contact the Society of Specialist Paralegals on 0141 225 6700.
Yours sincerely,
Moira McFadyen
Managing Director
CLT (Scotland) Ltd
Society of Specialist Paralegals
Friday, 22 January 2010
FT &DC WALLACE EXECUTRY AND COURT PARALEGAL
FT & DC WALLACE EXECUTRY AND COURT PARALEGAL
Due to a planned business expansion, we have an opportunity for a highly motivated Paralegal trained in Accident Claim work, Court work and Executry, Wills and Trusts to operate in a well established local Solicitors Practice in Leven, Fife. You will have the opportunity to handle your own case load with appropriate support in a friendly environment.
For interview please telephone Mr. David Ritchie, 01333 423804
Due to a planned business expansion, we have an opportunity for a highly motivated Paralegal trained in Accident Claim work, Court work and Executry, Wills and Trusts to operate in a well established local Solicitors Practice in Leven, Fife. You will have the opportunity to handle your own case load with appropriate support in a friendly environment.
For interview please telephone Mr. David Ritchie, 01333 423804
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
LATEST ON REGISTERED PARALEGAL SCHEME
The Society would like to bring you up to date with proposals which will affect you with regard to the new Registered Paralegal Scheme which is due to take effect from Spring/ Summer 2010.
The following proposals have been put forward for consultation:-
TRANSITION- STAGE 1
Strathclyde University Paralegal Graduates who have been members of the SSP for two years or more and who satisfy all other entry criteria in respect of the scheme
(see Law Society “ Registered Paralegal paper 1 / Sect. 12 – Transitional Arrangements ) will be eligible for admission to the scheme as having fulfilled those requirements under their SSP membership and will be admitted to the scheme under “Transition – Stage 1 “
The SSP will shortly be writing to members who are in this category , for permission to forward their details to The Law Society and The SPA to enable them to be admitted as a collective.
TRANSITION –STAGE 2
SSP members who do not meet ALL of the admissions criteria, but feel they already meet the standards which the Registered Paralegal Scheme seeks to set, will be able to apply for registration under “ Transition – Stage 2” and each application will be considered on it’s individual merit.
ENTRY – FULL ROUTE
Following this transitionary period, entry to the Registered Paralegal Scheme will be via the “Full Route” and those wishing to enter the scheme from that point onwards will require to hold a “formally recognised and assessed qualification” ( see Law Society Paper 1 Sects 15/ 16 ) as a required basis of entry and will enter the scheme as a “trainee registered paralegal” for a period of time.
CLT, The University of Strathclyde and the SSP are backing these proposals and would urge all SSP members and past University of Srathclyde paralegal graduates to complete the consultation document which is currently on the Law Society website as this will have an impact on how the scheme will evolve.
PHASE 1 of the scheme will primarily be concerned with getting members on board and setting up a standing committee to represent the new profession.
As the standing committee will include a representative of the SSP we would invite interested parties to contact us before the end of January 2010 in this regard.
PHASE 2 of the scheme will look at the possibility of higher rights for qualified paralegals and the specialist status of those having undertaken a period of intensive graduate level study in a particular area of law. We would therefore be seeking recognition on your behalf of a higher status of membership and similar recognition to the specialist accreditation accorded to solicitors practising primarily within those specialisms.
We hope that this information is useful and we shall keep members informed. In the meantime should you have any further queries then please contact the Society of Specialist Paralegals on 0141 225 6700. The full final consultation paper can be viewed at www.lawscot.org.uk/paralegals
The full final consultation paper can be viewed at www.lawscot.org.uk/paralegals
The following proposals have been put forward for consultation:-
TRANSITION- STAGE 1
Strathclyde University Paralegal Graduates who have been members of the SSP for two years or more and who satisfy all other entry criteria in respect of the scheme
(see Law Society “ Registered Paralegal paper 1 / Sect. 12 – Transitional Arrangements ) will be eligible for admission to the scheme as having fulfilled those requirements under their SSP membership and will be admitted to the scheme under “Transition – Stage 1 “
The SSP will shortly be writing to members who are in this category , for permission to forward their details to The Law Society and The SPA to enable them to be admitted as a collective.
TRANSITION –STAGE 2
SSP members who do not meet ALL of the admissions criteria, but feel they already meet the standards which the Registered Paralegal Scheme seeks to set, will be able to apply for registration under “ Transition – Stage 2” and each application will be considered on it’s individual merit.
ENTRY – FULL ROUTE
Following this transitionary period, entry to the Registered Paralegal Scheme will be via the “Full Route” and those wishing to enter the scheme from that point onwards will require to hold a “formally recognised and assessed qualification” ( see Law Society Paper 1 Sects 15/ 16 ) as a required basis of entry and will enter the scheme as a “trainee registered paralegal” for a period of time.
CLT, The University of Strathclyde and the SSP are backing these proposals and would urge all SSP members and past University of Srathclyde paralegal graduates to complete the consultation document which is currently on the Law Society website as this will have an impact on how the scheme will evolve.
PHASE 1 of the scheme will primarily be concerned with getting members on board and setting up a standing committee to represent the new profession.
As the standing committee will include a representative of the SSP we would invite interested parties to contact us before the end of January 2010 in this regard.
PHASE 2 of the scheme will look at the possibility of higher rights for qualified paralegals and the specialist status of those having undertaken a period of intensive graduate level study in a particular area of law. We would therefore be seeking recognition on your behalf of a higher status of membership and similar recognition to the specialist accreditation accorded to solicitors practising primarily within those specialisms.
We hope that this information is useful and we shall keep members informed. In the meantime should you have any further queries then please contact the Society of Specialist Paralegals on 0141 225 6700. The full final consultation paper can be viewed at www.lawscot.org.uk/paralegals
The full final consultation paper can be viewed at www.lawscot.org.uk/paralegals
Friday, 11 December 2009
LAST CHANCE TO APPLY FOR RISK/INSURANCE/PI role at North Lanarkshire Council
See our JOB ZONE for your last chance to apply for this paralegal post with North Lanarkshire Council.
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