Slides for the presentation by Baroness Ruth Deech, Derek Wood QC, Dr John Carrier and Dr Valerie Shrimplin (Bar Standards Board) at the Learning in Law Annual Conference 2011.

1. From Law Undergraduate to Professional Practitioner Baroness Ruth Deech, Derek Wood QC, Dr John Carrier Dr Valerie Shrimplin 28 January 2011

8. Number of Law graduates each year First degree law (some numbers are rounded up/down by HESA Male Female Total UK Law Graduates (first degree) 2004-05 Not published separately on HESA website 13,735 2005-06 14,655 2006-07 15,625 2007-08 5,775 10,070 15,850 2008-09 5,900 9,565 15,465 2009-10 6,060 10,190 16,250 (HESA 2009/10 data made available 13 January 2011 )

9. CPE students FT PT Total (FTE students) 2007/08 3433 1657 4261.5 2008/09 3897 1712 4753 2009/10 3985 1677 4823.5 2010/11 TBC TBC TBC

10. Numbers for Professional courses (latest available figures – 2010) validated places applicants enrolled Professional stage (pupillage/training contract) BPTC 2192 (FTE) About 2,800 pa 1686 (2010-11) 1556 FTE Starters 478 LPC 14,482 TBC 9,337 5,809

11. BVC/BPTC applicants, places, passes BVC/BPTC Year 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 Applicants 2570 2883 2917 2870 2864 2540 2657 2653 Enrolments (FT + PT head count not FTE) 1406 1665 1745 1932 1837 1749 1793 1682 (1555 FTE) Successful (first go) 1251 1392 1480 1560 1720 1330 1432 TBC

12. BVC Student Statistics

15. Registered pupillages 1988-2010

16. Number of Pupillages 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 Pupillages (1 st six) 515 527 561 463 460 % increase/decrease -7.37% 2.33% 6.45% -17.47% -0.65% Difference (figure) -41 12 34 -98 -3 Pupillages (2 nd six) 567 563 554 518 495 % increase/decrease -5.18% -0.71% -1.60% -6.50% -4.44% Difference (figure) -31 -4 -9 -36 -23

17. Pupils: QLD’s and conversion courses 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 Pupils with QLD’s 65% 58% 58% 59% 60% Pupils without QLD’s 35% 42% 42% 41% 40% Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

18. Success in obtaining pupillage: Degree results of pupils First degree 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 1 st 127 (21.4%) 108 (21.1%) 149 (29.6%) 147 (28.8%) 160 (32.7%) 2:1 310 (58.8%) 329 (64.3%) 296 (58.8%) 320 (62.7%) 264 (53.9%) 2:2 73 (13.9%) 68 (13.3%) 48 (9.5%) 29 (5.7%) 42 (8.6%) 3rd 6 (1.1%) 2 (0.4%) 1 (0.2%) 4 (0.8%) no valid data Other 8 (1.5%) 1 (0.2%) 2 (0.4%) 8 (1.6%) 4 (0.8%)

24. ? ? BAR – OPOLY GO  £20,000 Community Chest (Inn scholarship) Chance (get a pupillage?) Pay off loan Take A Levels Pass A Levels Seek career advice Study history Go to university Get loan Do Law Degree Work hard Do CPE BPTC graduate Join Inn Visit jail Get pupillage!! online Start BPTC Crime Call Go to Court Civil Law Advocacy Aptitude test Inns QS’s No pupillage (try again) Final Exams Get tenancy! get practice certificate Work even harder QC! © Valerie Shrimplin