Published Date:
07 May 2007
By JENNIFER VEITCH
COMMON standards for the education and training of lawyers across the EU will be top of the agenda when delegates from Europe's bar associations meet in Edinburgh this week. For the first time in a generation, the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) will gather in Scotland for their plenary session. And this Friday and Saturday , 120 delegates - representing 700,000 lawyers - will discuss the CCBE's policy on issues affecting the profession across the EU.
With an increasing number of lawyers moving between jurisdictions in Europe, proposals to agree a set of minimum standards for the education and training of lawyers will be the key item for debate. The first draft of the CCBE's Recommendation on the ...
The full article contains 1104 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
08 May 2007 9:45 AM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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