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| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme: innovative assessment methodology and practice in a high stakes professional exam |
| Author: | Fry, Eileen |
| Author: | Crewe, Jenny |
| Author: | Wakeford, Richard |
| Abstract: | The Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme (QLTS) is a comprehensive assessment for lawyers from other jurisdictions and barristers from England and Wales to qualify as solicitors in England and Wales. Three new assessments have been developed which make up the QLTS, in part drawing on testing experience in medicine and in other jurisdictions: the multiple choice test (MCT); the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) which involves assessment of oral skills (interviewing and advocacy) and which uses Standardised Clients; and the technical legal skills test (TLST) which involves assessment of written skills (legal research, writing and drafting). Some of the assessment methodologies used in the QLTS are discussed, including the use of standardised clients. An explanation is given of how reliability and accuracy of the assessments are calculated and how pass marks are set. The paper presents and reviews the very encouraging statistics from the first major delivery of the three assessments, including success by jurisdiction, ethnic group, gender and disability, and routine quality statistics on reliability and accuracy, as well as a statistical review of the use of standardised clients. QLTS reflects the regulatory aims of the SRA and is a radical departure for assessment of law in England and Wales. It is to be hoped its assessment methodologies will have a substantial influence on the future. |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 132-145 |
| Publication | The Law Teacher |
| Date | 2012-00-00 2012 |
| DOI | 10.1080/03069400.2012.681174 |