What is an Accredited Specialist?
Specialist Accreditation is a structured peer to peer assessment process enabling legal practitioners to be recognised for their expertise. Each year the Law Society runs the accreditation program for a select number of areas of law. The program consists of meticulous assessments on both legal knowledge and its application in practice. For accreditation to be conferred the candidate must pass all assessments.
To retain their accreditation specialists must demonstrate their commitment to their accreditation through their work and by undertaking additional professional development in their area of accreditation each year.
Less than 5% of the legal profession have been recognised as Accredited Specialists in a particular field of law. At Thornton and King we have Law Society Accredited Specialists in Property Law, Personal Injury, and Advocacy.