List of abbreviations
ABA | American Bar Association |
AQS | Advice Quality Standard |
ASA | Advice Services Alliance |
BIBA | British Institute of Insurance Brokers |
BSB | Bar Standards Board |
CAFCASS | Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service |
CDD | Customer due diligence |
CILEx | Chartered Institute of Legal Executives |
CLE | clinical legal education |
CLEA | Clinical Legal Education Association |
CLEO | Clinical Legal Education Organisation |
CLOCK | Community Legal Outreach Collaboration Keele |
COFA | Compliance Officer for Finance and Administration |
COLP | Compliance Officer for Legal Practice |
CPD | continuing professional development |
DBS | Disclosure and Barring Service |
DPA | Data Protection Act 2018 |
DPB | designated professional body |
DQR | designated qualifying regulator |
EA | Equality Act 2010 |
ECF | exceptional case funding |
ESA | Employment and Support Allowance |
EULA | end user licence agreement |
FCA | Financial Conduct Authority |
FHDRA | first hearing and dispute resolution appointment |
FSMA | Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 |
FTE | full-time equivalent |
GAJE | Global Alliance for Justice Education |
GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation |
HEI | Higher Education Institution |
IRAC | issue, rule, application, conclusion |
KIS | Key Information Set |
LAA | Legal Aid Agency |
LAFQAS | Legal Aid Franchise Quality Assurance Standard |
LASPO | Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 |
LERN | Legal Education Research Network |
LETR | Legal Education Training Review |
LO | learning outcome |
LPP | legal professional privilege |
LSA | Legal Services Act 2007 |
LSB | Legal Services Board |
LSC | Legal Services Commission |
MCT | multiple choice test |
MTCs | Minimum Terms and Conditions |
NINSO | Northumbria Internet and Society Research Interest Group |
ODR | online dispute resolution |
OFT | Office of Fair Trading |
OISC | Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner |
PFRs | Practice Framework Rules |
PII | professional indemnity insurance |
PIP | Personal Independent Payment |
PLE | public legal education |
POCA | Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 |
PSU | Personal Support Unit (known as Support Through Court since late 2019) |
QAA | Quality Assurance Agency |
QWE | qualifying work experience |
REL | Registered European Lawyer |
RFL | Registered Foreign Lawyer |
SAAS | Software-as-a-Service |
SCL | Society for Computers and Law |
SIIR | Solicitors Indemnity Insurance Rules |
SLF | student law firm |
SQM | Specialist Quality Mark |
SRA | Solicitors Regulation Authority |
STC | Support Through Court |
TACT | Terrorism Act 2000 |
VLC | virtual law clinic |