The Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme (QLTS) has been recently launched by the SRA, which aims to strengthen the procedures for assessing internationally qualified lawyers seeking to practice as solicitors in England & Wales. The QLTS will be replacing the old Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test (QLTT) scheme from the 1st September 2010, however the QLTT will continue to run until 2013 when the last QLTT Certificates of Eligibility will expire.

Education and training provider Kaplan has been appointed as sole assessment organisation to provide the QLTS.

CLT is providing preparation training, click here for our QLTS pages.

The aim of the new QLTS is to ensure that all applicants are assessed against the same criteria that lawyers qualifying through the domestic route. This is to create public confidence in their solicitor irrespective of where they qualified and also to ensure that all solicitors have a clear standard to achieve.

Please refer to www.clt.co.uk/qlts for further information, or send an enquiry request to smhiggs@centlaw.com