Linda Chamberlain, Head of Education & Training Group

Working over the last 18 months with a focus group comprising representatives from the 30 or so legal practice course providers, Education & Training Group has developed an online training package for use as part of the legal practice course during the academic year 2007/8.

This package allows students to work in their own time through several modules that explain the way Land Registry operates, the basics of interpreting register entries, how title plans are created, used and interpreted, and how Land Registry website resources and online land registration services can be used to good effect. The material will take a student about six hours to complete. Having been designed and created specifically for the providers to use, it should

The aim is to equip students with a sound grounding in basic land registration practice and an awareness of how to work effectively with Land Registry from the outset. This should facilitate a more consistent understanding of basic Land Registry procedures for those entering law firms and provide ETG with a platform to create future materials that build on new practitioners' knowledge as their expertise develops.