Continuing competence


Keep your knowledge and skills up to date in the youth court system

Keeping your knowledge and skills up to date is essential to get the best possible outcomes for child defendants, witnesses and victims when practising youth advocacy in the courts.

Youth court solicitors good practice guide

What good practice looks like for solicitors practising in youth courts (defence and prosecution).

Solicitors practising in youth court advocacy

Resources developed with a wide range of stakeholders and are for solicitors practising in the youth justice system and their employers.

Statement of legal knowledge

The Statement of Legal Knowledge sets out the knowledge that solicitors are required demonstrate at the point of qualification.

Statement of solicitor competence

The Statement of Solicitor Competence sets out what solicitors need to be able to do to perform their role effectively.

Practising in the Coroner's Court

These resources are designed to help solicitors who practise in inquests in the Coroner’s Courts.

Competences for lawyers practising in inquests in the Coroners' Courts

Read our list of competences for lawyers practising in inquests in the Coroners' Courts

Threshold standard for competencies

Because the competence statement is generic and applies to all solicitors, a threshold standard was developed to set out the level at which the competences in the competence statement should be performed upon qualification as a solicitor.