Tag: Solicitors Qualifying Exam

Legal training provider reveals £2,890 SQE1 online prep course
Law Training Centre enters super-exam training market

First-ever SQE exam dates announced
SQE1 to take place on 8 and 11 November 2021, with SQE2 in April 2022

SQE examiner hit by ‘cheating’ outbreak
Kaplan acknowledges 'attempted' cheating on foreign lawyer exam it also runs

Don’t just give SQE trainees ‘repetitive admin tasks’, regulator warns law firms
SRA seeks to protect rookies qualifying under new regime

What will the SQE mean for me?
Legal education experts from BARBRI, Flex Legal, Reed Smith and Squire Patton Boggs discuss the Solicitors Qualifying Exam and how it is expected to shake up legal training

The future of tech in legal education
Tracy Savage, BARBRI’s academic head of UK programmes, discusses how the provider is using tech within its new SQE prep course and the skills lawyers of the future need to succeed

Nottingham Law School reveals SQE prep courses
Fees still unknown

Law school enters SQE market with £3k prep course
QLTS School package covers both SQE1 and SQE2; with exam fees it will slash total cost of qualifying as a solicitor to just over £7k; students can pay more for additional support

Top career tips for the next generation of aspiring lawyers
Paul de la Peña, tutor at ULaw Moorgate, reflects on his career as an insolvency and restructuring specialist and offers advice to the next gen of solicitors

KPMG teams up with BPP to offer SQE training contract
Big Four player embraces solicitor training shake-up

How one training provider is preparing for the SQE
BARBRI’s Victoria Cromwell on the steps her team are taking as the super-exam nears roll-out

BARBRI strikes SQE partnership with flexi-paralegal service
5,000 paralegals to have access to SQE scholarships and fee discounts

Reed Smith signs SQE training deal with BARBRI and College of Legal Practice
Replaces LPC route from 2022

‘The SQE Sessions’ launches as super-exam countdown begins
Half-day virtual event will answer questions on firms’ lips

ULaw unveils new SQE courses
Fees announced within the next month

Super-exam won’t save students money, claim junior lawyers
Junior Lawyers Division predicts that newly-approved SQE won't lower qualification costs

ULaw announces SQE partnerships with Southampton, Surrey, Leicester and Birkbeck unis
Students to receive super-exam study support

Majority of law school websites don’t mention SQE, research finds
Only 8% give some detail about new course provision

Russell Group unis launch partnership with new SQE provider
Students at Manchester University and King's College London will be offered BARBRI SQE workshops and fee discounts

Will the SQE kill the GDL?
Legal Cheek talks to the main players to see where they stand on the law conversion course

BARBRI to offer £6k SQE prep course
Total cost with exam fees is under £10,000