UK Legal Professions

The legal profession is usually classified in Britain into two parts: Solicitors and Barristers this is because Judges are usually drawn from the ranks of experienced lawyers, they do not have a separate training and career path. A third kind of legal profession in the UK are Legal Executives The College of law has a series of podcasts in which leading figures talk about their expectations for the future of the profession. Advice from The Guardian, about what other jobs people with legal qualifications can do

The Legal Services Act 2010
This Act allows non lawyer organisations ("Alternative Business Structures")to provide legal services. It is expected that this will lead to cheaper services in some fields which can be profitably organised such as Personal injury cases.

Textbook references
Legal English mini-course has a web lesson (listening) which illustrates cooperation between solicitors and barristers. chapter three of English Law for Students of English