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The Departments for - Children, Schools and Families,
and Innovation, Universities and Skills
TSol (the Treasury Solicitor’s Department)
employs the lawyers in these Departments. The lawyers work in a joint
DCSF/DIUS Legal Adviser’s Office, in one of two locations close
to Whitehall. To view benefits and rewards, qualified lawyer and legal
trainee recruitment methods and contacts for further information please
visit the TSol page.
The Departments
The Department for Children, Schools and
Families aims to make this the best place in the world for children
and young people to grow up. The Department's priorities (contained in
the comprehensive Children’s Plan published in December 2007) are:
·to secure the wellbeing and health of children and young people
·to safeguard the young and vulnerable
- individual progress and system reform to achieve world class standards
and close the gap in educational achievement for disadvantaged children
- to ensure that young people are participating and achieving their potential
to 18 and beyond
- keeping children and young people on the path to success
The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
aims to support innovation and research to build successful businesses
and improve quality of life. Its objectives are;
- to improve skills for the global economy
- to raise aspiration and participation in learning and skills
- global excellence in research
- to strengthen further and higher education
- better use of science in Government.
Work of the Legal Team
The lawyers are employed by TSol but are located
within the Departments.
Lawyers provide legal services to assist and support the Departments in
achieving their objectives. They work in close partnership with policy
and operational colleagues, applying their legal professional skills to
getting their Departments’ business done. They do extensive legislative
work on both Bills and SIs, as well as a very wide range of advisory work..
In particular lawyers:
· work closely with policy colleagues as policies are developed
which may lead to legal changes;
· provide legal support to colleagues and Ministers in relation
to Bills, instructing parliamentary counsel and supporting the Parliamentary
process
· draft secondary legislation to implement Acts, such as regulations
and orders;
· · advise on litigation in which the Department is involved;
and
· adviseDepartmental colleagues on a wide range of legal issues
they encounter in their day-to-day work, including in relation to corporate
issues such as employment law, information law and procurement .
Examples of recent work include:
· 3 separate Bills in the 07-08 parliamentary session: to sell
the student loan portfolio, improve outcomes for children in care and
raise the “participation age” to 18
· SIs to implement the Childcare Act (regulating early years provision)
and the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (the Government’s response
to the Soham murders and the need to safeguard children)
- legal support for the Government’s Academies programme, where
every Academy is governed by a contract with government
- implementing the EU directive on the Mutual Recognition of Professional
Qualifications for the education sector
Find out what its like to
work as a lawyer in DCFS or DIUS.
Location
The DCSF legal team is co-located with Departmental
colleagues in Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Stree, London SW1.
The DIUS legal team is co-located with Departmental colleagues in Kingsgate
House, Victoria Street, SW1.
Further Information
Visit the TSol
page.
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