Joint Academic Stage Board
The Joint Academic Stage Board is a joint committee of the Bar Standards Board and the Solicitors Regulation Authority. It is responsible for the setting and implementation of policies in respect of the Academic Stage of Training for qualification as a solicitor or barrister. In particular, it is responsible for the validation and review of Qualifying Law Degrees and Common Professional Examination/Graduate Diploma in Law courses for the purpose of completion of the Academic Stage.
Management of the JASB alternates between the Bar Standards Board and the Solicitors Regulation Authority, on a three year cycle. Enquires about the regulatory requirements for validation should be directed as follows:
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1 September 2008 – 31 August 2011 Education & Training Department
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1 September 2011 – 31 August 2014
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In order to define the status of the JASB, a formal agreement was drawn up. At the same time as clarifying guidance for the provision of qualifying law degrees, the JASB Agreement has also been subject to revision, in 2008, including membership and terms of reference of the Board itself.
The present Joint Statement was first issued in 1999 by the Law Society and the General Council of the Bar on the completion of the initial stage of training by obtaining an undergraduate degree, specifically a Qualifying Law Degree (QLD). There is also a supplement covering CPE/GDL programmes and Senior Status Degrees. The Joint announcement sets out the conditions which must be satisfied in respect of the provision of undergraduate degree courses that are regarded as satisfying the academic stage of training.
Joint Academic Stage Handbook 2010
