ABSTRACT
The sections that follow are based on the scheme that the Law Society produced following the extension of solicitors’ potential rights of audience under the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990. They are followed by examples of advocacy
assessment instruments drawn from some of the Bar Vocational Course schemes. The chapter ends with a three part assessment instrument developed as part of research conducted by the author for the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies’ Legal Skills Research Group. The advantage of this scheme is that it can be used for assessment, including self-assessment, at different levels of advocacy experience.
