The document discusses several challenges facing legal education and the legal services market. It notes the increasing commoditization and outsourcing of legal work, the large percentage of law graduates not entering legal practice, and the bottleneck of traineeship positions. It also discusses the goals of the Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 and increasing pressure from new regulatory bodies in England and Wales to reform legal education and focus on employability, work placements, and commercial awareness. The challenges include building continuity between stages of legal education, ensuring trainees are sufficiently prepared, determining what employability skills are needed, and developing ethical practitioners who can deal with uncertainty.

1. Legal education and the legal services market Professor Julian Webb UKCLE

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