10 Steps To Finding A Great Legal Training Course Provider (Part 2 of 2)
In the first part of this series we looked at the general requirements for a good legal training course provider. In this section, we look into the legal expertise aspect of your new provider to ensure we find a training company with the right quality for your needs.
7. Do They Specialise?
Moving on the nature of the training itself, one thing that you might want to find is a provider that specialises in the same area of law that you do. If you specialise in banking or finance, a course provider that only provides legal training for this sector is likely to go into far more depth and offer a larger variety of training courses because it is their “specialist subject”. Likewise, if you specialise in personal injury law, a personal injury course provider should offer you far more variety than a general legal training provider.
Specialism in one subject area is likely to give you more bespoke training in your chosen area of law.
8. What Type Of Training Do They Provide?
Legal training is legal training, or is it? Whereas it used to be quite acceptable for a barrister to stand at the front of a lecture style theatre and recite his case notes and thoughts on statute, that style of training has been proven to be least effective. After 15 minutes of the same person speaking, whoever they are and however good they are, people begin to lose interest.
Practical, interactive courses with case studies where you are made to apply what you have just learned are the most effective way of learning. Does your prospective new legal training provider carry out their training in this way or the old, traditional lecture style which is less effective.
Practical and interactive with case studies should ensure you obtain the best results.
9. Do They Have Their Own Qualification?
If your legal training provider specialises in one area you might expect them to have their own qualification. This will show they have real expertise in their area of law and have been providing this type of training for sometime. Even if the qualification is too junior for you, or too senior, the fact that they have their own bespoke qualification shows a commitment to improve the standards in their field of law and shows a longterm approach to their business.
You are looking for a committed provider that will be around to provide your legal training for many years to come, and having their own qualification is a good indication that you have found the right provider.
10. Do They Belong To Or Are They Associated With A Trade Body?
If a training provider is connected to, or associated with a well respected professional body this provides you with certainty as regards their longterm future. However, perhaps more importantly it also means that they will be actively involved in new legislation and discussions with the government, the results of which they can pass on to you through their training courses. This will put you in the position of being ahead of many of your competitors.
Summary
From the ease of use to find a training provider, through ease of contact, specialism and type of training, all of these points should help you to find the legal training provider that can meet and exceed your legal training needs.
