Evening CoursesThis is a two year course aimed at unqualified support staff working on the accountancy side of law firms. The course has the full backing of The Law Society and the qualification obtained at the end of the course is now recognised as the official Law Accounting Qualification for staff working in solicitors' offices in Scotland. Course venues are in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness The course is in seven parts, three being taken in the first year and four in the second. The subjects are:-
There is an examination after each section and a Certificate is given for each pass. Workbooks are provided for each subject which the candidate can keep and each course normally lasts 10 weeks, (one evening per week). The examination papers are checked by an external examiner appointed by The Law Society/SOLAS Joint Examination Board. There are facilities for resitting examinations as necessary. Full Membership of the Society is open to those who obtain the necessary Diploma from the Joint SOLAS/Law Society Examination Board and have been employed in legal accounting work for a solicitor or firm of solicitors carrying on private practice in Scotland for a continuous period of three years prior to application for admission to the Society. Persons accepted for full membership are accordingly entitled to use the initials SLA. Associate Membership of the Society is open to those who obtain the necessary Diploma from the Joint SOLAS/Law Society Examination Board and have been employed in legal accounting work in a court, local authority, government department or agency or in the legal department of a bank or in such other offices and in such circumstances as Council may consider appropriate for a continuous period of three years prior to application for admission to the Society. For further information on the SOLAS two-year course, including costs, venues, start dates, and application forms, please contact: Katy Elliott
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