Tag: Solicitors Qualifying Exam

Lawyer turned BPP University Law School training manager Natasha Saleh shares her advice to students looking to secure a training contract post-COVID

Three experts based in Sheffield share their predictions for the post-COVID world

ULaw Leeds and Sheffield campus dean Matt Tomlinson highlights the opportunities available to students in the northern city regions and shares his advice on securing a TC amid the COVID crisis

Tie-up will see the University of Law also deliver LPC and GDL

SQE 'could help' with diversity but not if firms keep recruiting directly from top unis

Prominent figures from the world of law came together, virtually, to discuss how the impact of coronavirus and an increasing reliance on tech will shape the future of legal education and training, Sophie Currie reports

Two-part assessment to come into force from 1 September 2021 -- subject to LSB approval

BARBRI’s Tracy Savage explains why the super-exam heralds a new era for flexible legal training

Nottingham Law School’s Executive Dean Jenny Chapman on the role of clinical legal training in a super-exam world

Regulator plans to recruit diverse pool of question writers and assessors

Exclusive: Influential group of six also hope future rookies will sit both parts of super-exam prior to starting TCs

Jo-Anne Pugh discusses BPP University Law School’s unique approach to the SQE and how it will prepare students for the assessments -- and for practice

James Catchpole, Associate Dean and LPC Director, is thinking creatively about changes to solicitor and barrister training

New 30-month TC alternative enables trainees to earn while they learn

BARBRI’s Professor Samuel Farkas on what we can glean from the global training provider’s US model and how it will shape its SQE plans

Jenny Chapman assumes top role

King’s College London’s Chris Howard shares his vision for the future of legal education

The College of Legal Practice chief, Giles Proctor, sketches out a vision for the new super-exam that draws on the college’s strength in tech-based online learning

Getting the balance right between online and face-to-face learning, while teaching practical skills in a way that accommodates new legal tech, will be crucial to a successful SQE, says ULaw’s Jill Howell-Williams

SRA responds to Durham Law School chief’s call for super-exam to be postponed in light of pandemic

Durham Uni Law School chief urges regulator to postpone SQE