So the first round of the Legal Education and Training Review is complete. Julian Webb et al’s report is out, and the dust can begin to settle. The research phase faced a number of problems. There are four I would emphasise:
■ a wide, ill-defined brief, not susceptible to original research on the resources devoted to it;
■ a long-term neglect of all interested parties to research the linkages between education, training, regulation and competence;
■ a political situation which looks a bit like Game of Thrones, without the, er, erotica*; and,
■ a regulatory framework that owes at least as much to history and politics as it does to the public interest.
