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VII. FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS

Issue Recommendation

Low success rates a) Better feedback should be provided for
of solicitors and unsuccessful candidates.
BAME candidates
For failure to progress through the qualifying
test, we would suggest:
i. Showing candidates their marked qualifying
test rather than simply giving them access to
the more generic Feedback Report;
ii. Telling candidates their actual score; or
iii. Showing candidates a model answer for that
particular qualifying test rather than just the
generic Feedback Report.
For failure to progress beyond a paper sift, we
would suggest:
i. Showing candidates not only the examples
they gave that were considered not to satisfy
the competencies, but say why; and
ii. Giving anonymised examples of evidence
from successful applicants in that competition
that were considered to satisfy the
competencies.

We also propose providing anonymised
examples of non-advocacy examples that have
been accepted as strong evidence of the
competencies in the past, as well as publishing
anonymised answers from solicitors who have
been successful in particular exercises.

b) The JAC should consider introducing a
passporting scheme. This would allow candidates
who had 'passed' an early stage in the selection
process for a competition to bypass that same
stage if they entered the same competition within
a reasonable period afterwards.
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