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Higher Rights of Audience (HRA)

Having the skills to conduct advocacy in the higher courts is a real advantage in a professional legal career; as well as enabling you to provide a complete advocacy service to clients, it can enhance your status and increase your earning potential.

Not only are we an acknowledged provider of Higher Rights of Audience Advocacy Assessments, but we also provide the relevant training to help you complete the assessments. If you would like to become a Solicitor-advocate our Higher Rights of Audience training course will help you to prepare for the assessment. Our programme is fully accredited by the SRA, allowing us to provide Dispute Resolution solicitors with the knowledge, skills and qualifications required for practice.

For Solicitors

Higher Rights of Audience allows you to represent clients as a solicitor-advocate in the Senior civil or criminal courts throughout England and Wales.

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For CILEx Members

Higher Rights of Audience enable you to represent clients as a solicitor-advocate, Chartered Legal Executive Litigator, or Higher Rights Advocate in senior civil or criminal courts across England and Wales.

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