Inside Police Custody 2 deal of work to do in order to comply with them. The findings also suggest that bar associations in many of those countries need to assess the way in which duty law and ex officio schemes need to be modified in order to ensure that competent, motivated lawyers are available for detained suspects who wish to exercise their right of access to a lawyer. In addition, they should assess the training that lawyers who advise and assist clients in police detention may, or are required to, undertake, focusing on the knowledge and skills that lawyers need in order to fulfil the objective, articulated in Article 3 of the Directive on the right of access to a lawyer, of enabling suspects and accused persons to ‘exercise their rights of defence practically and effectively’. A useful e-learning training resource for lawyers advising and assisting at the police station has been developed by the EU funded SUPRALAT project.19 However, the findings also suggest that in order for this objective to be achieved, a number of other factors must be considered, and appropriate action taken. The research shows that in many of the countries, lawyers often do not have the time, facilities or information to enable them to provide competent and informed advice and assistance at the early stages of the criminal process. In all of those countries in respect of which there is evidence of poor quality of legal aid or ex officio lawyers, there is justified concern about the low levels of remuneration, uncertainty about whether the lawyer will be paid and, in some countries, about the length of time before which they are paid. 19 Available at http://www.salduzlawyer.eu/training/theoretical-materials/. 55