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SRA Handbook
FILEX route
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Regulation 30: FILEX route
- 30.1
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If you are a FILEX who has:
- (a)
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satisfied us that you have satisfactorily completed the academic stage under regulations 7.3 and/or 3.1(b) where relevant; and
- (b)
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satisfactorily completed an LPC or an Integrated Course; and
- (c)
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either:
- (i)
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before attending that course you have been continuously engaged as a FILEX in the practice of the law since qualifying as a FILEX; or
- (ii)
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satisfied us that, although the requirements of (i) are not met, you have experience in the practice of the law since qualifying as a FILEX that is sufficiently recent to justify you not being required to serve under a training contract; and
- (d)
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satisfactorily completed the PSC;
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you are not required to serve under a training contract.