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£120 - £160
+ VAT

£120 - £160
+ VATDelivered Online
2 hours 30 minutes
All levels
Achieving the Specialist Quality Mark is essential for organisations who choose the SQM accreditation for delivering legal aid services. This intensive training course will guide you through every stage of the audit process — from preparation to post-audit appeals — ensuring you are confident, compliant, and ready to succeed.
What You’ll Learn
How to Prepare: Practical steps to get your organisation audit-ready.
Pre-Audit Submissions: What documents must be sent in advance, and by when.
Audit Size: How auditors determine time on site, number of interviews and file audits.
What auditors expect to see in your business planning and financial records.
How supervision is assessed, including typical questions asked at interview.
What auditors look for when reviewing your file review records.
Expectations for training in your category of law, plus mandatory regulatory training.
Data Protection & Anti-Money Laundering Records: what records must be maintained.
File Audit Criteria: Detailed breakdown of what is audited on casefiles.
Full summary of all SQM requirements sections A-G, including annual review requirements.
Post-Audit Process: Timescales, reporting, and the appeals process explained.
This practical session is tailored for anyone involved in the preparation for an SQM Audit.
Course notes will be provided to all delegates which may be useful for ongoing reference or cascade training.
Please note a recording of the course will not be made available.
Steve joined DG Legal after leaving the Legal Aid Agency in August 2016. In his 17 years at the LAA, he worked in the audit team as both auditor and manager and was a Contract Manager for several years.
Steve is also a certified SQM auditor and undertakes audits on behalf of Recognising Excellence as well as running training sessions for the SQM Audit Team periodically.
Yes, prior to the event a link will be sent to the email address used to register for the course so please ensure the delegate details are correct.
You may also wish to save the domain @system.cademy.io as a safe sender to avoid emails containing access details and handouts from being diverted to junk/spam folders.
No, a recording will not be made available.
No, recording the training session is not allowed. If you attempt to record the session or are found to be recording the event, you may be removed from the session and you will not be eligible for a refund.
For our Premier Training courses, please email us at teamadmin@dglegal.co.uk after the event if you require a certificate of attendance.
The slides will be distributed by email after the event.
You may also wish to save the domain @system.cademy.io as a safe sender to avoid emails containing access details and handouts from being diverted to junk/spam folders.
Yes and these will be distributed by email after the event.
You may also wish to save the domain @system.cademy.io as a safe sender to avoid emails containing access details and handouts from being diverted to junk/spam folders.
The majority of delegates should choose the General Delegate rate.
A discount is available for delegates attending from firms with a current retainer contract with DG Legal i.e. firms that are paying a monthly or annual subscription for our Retainer Service (please contact us by emailing admin@dglegal.co.uk for confirmation of eligibility). If you choose the Retainer Delegate option and are not eligible, you are still bound to pay the full rate and will be invoiced accordingly.
