Specialist Accreditation
The results of the 2009 cohort have now been received by the candidates. Unfortunately, only 9 of the 29 candidates succeeded. The exam and the mock file caused the most grief.
A recurrent criticism of candidates work in the mock file was the failure to advise the client. It is not enough merely to identify issues. An essential element of being a family lawyer is to advise. It seems trite, but clients actually wnat to know what is going to happen to them.
