Tag: SQE Hub News

Metro Bank picks BARBRI to put future in-house lawyers through the SQE
Trainees will split their time studying and gaining QWE

Students unable to sit SQE exam after London test centre suffers ‘IT issue’
Aspiring lawyers report waiting hours before being told to go home

Mishcon strikes SQE training deal with ULaw
Follows similar moves by Clifford Chance, Taylor Wessing and White & Case

BPP to offer paid qualifying work experience
Current and former students can apply for six month placements in the law school's pro bono clinic

SQE prep provider creates ‘humanitarian scholarship’ for aspiring lawyers fleeing war
Half price SQE1 course with BARBRI

HSF confirms SQE maintenance grant of £17,000
Matches moves by Freshfields and Linklaters 💷

ULaw and Newcastle law firm Muckle finalise SQE training deal
First trainees start September 2023

City Consortium reveals future trainees will complete ‘mini-training seats’ with virtual law firm as part of SQE prep
New details emerge during LegalEdCon 2022

A fifth of law firms will require LPC grads to sit parts of the SQE
Future trainees to undergo further training but at firm's expense, Legal Cheek research reveals

‘How enforceable are law firm claw back clauses on LPC/SQE funding?’
I've been told I will need to repay it if I don't stay on post-qualification

BPP students given ‘human and business skills’ boost with O Shaped Lawyer collab
Embedded into SQE prep

Top City firms fund 22 aspiring social welfare lawyers through the SQE
Begin prep with BARBRI this month

What top City firms will pay in maintenance to future SQE trainees
Financial grants range from £12,500 to £17,000

Welsh law firm partners with virtual law school for SQE training
Acuity Law 🤝 College of Legal Practice

SRA appoints new education and training chief
Former Ofqual boss Julie Swan replaces retiring Julie Brannan

Dentons and ULaw launch separate SQE pathways for paralegals
Law firm and law school giants to help legal workers qualify as solicitors

SQE assessment fees to increase by £135
Cost rise comes despite delays and technical issues affecting January results day

Flexi-lawyer service launches in-house focused SQE pathway
Paralegals able to accrue two years' QWE at LOD client businesses

SQE candidates unable to sit both exams this year
Students taking SQE1 in July will not have their results in time to sit SQE2 in October

Mishcon joins initiative to fund refugee lawyers through SQE
Teams up with BARBRI and charity Breaking Barriers

BPP strikes SQE training deals with international and national law firms
Law school giant to prep Dentons, Cripps and Walker Morris trainees