Help inform IPReg’s education review
The Intellectual Property Regulation Board (IPReg) is calling on professionals from across the sector to help shape the next phase in its education review.
IPReg’s education review is examining how qualification routes into the trade mark attorney and patent attorney professions can remain high-quality, accessible, sustainable, and responsive to changing needs.
To inform this work, IPReg is launching a call for evidence and feedback in the first week of February, which will run until the end of April.
IPReg says the call will play a central role in shaping the review ahead of consultation on proposals later this year, and that, given the breadth of the review, input from across the sector is essential.
The call provides an opportunity for individuals and organisations to share views on evolving practice needs, professional learning and development, and how entry to the profession might be widened while maintaining high standards.
In particular, it will explore how ‘day-one’ capability requirements in each profession are changing, including in the context of:
- Consumer, employer and practice needs
- How members of each profession contribute to legal services and multi-disciplinary teamworking
- The potential that some capabilities may be becoming less important within current practice
- Capability areas that may be best developed after registration (e.g. in line with individual attorneys’ scope of practice and role, area of specialty and practice environment).
Find out more about the call for evidence and how to sign up for the education review newsletter here.