Tag: Solicitors Qualifying Exam

You don’t have to do a training contract to be a lawyer

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

Jun 2 2020 1:47pm

How the UK’s first teaching law firm will prepare students for the SQE

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

May 19 2020 1:45pm

Super-exam questions to be checked for ‘cultural bias’ so BAME candidates not disadvantaged

Regulator plans to recruit diverse pool of question writers and assessors

May 19 2020 12:24pm

SQE latest: City Consortium’s non-law trainees will need to complete GDL-style conversion course

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

May 19 2020 9:33am

How to create well-rounded lawyers of the future

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

May 7 2020 11:48am

City Law School to tempt law firms with ‘salad bar SQE’

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

May 6 2020 12:21pm

Kennedys launches SQE-ready solicitor apprenticeship for graduates

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

May 6 2020 10:15am

How tech is revolutionising the way law students 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

May 5 2020 1:00pm

The SQE is just one part of a much bigger story

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

Apr 29 2020 1:20pm

How technology can help trainees in the new SQE world

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

Apr 27 2020 2:15pm

Creating an SQE for the post COVID-19 world

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

Apr 23 2020 12:58pm

No plans to delay SQE because of Covid-19, says regulator

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

Apr 20 2020 9:28am

Don’t launch solicitor super-exam during a global pandemic

Durham Uni Law School chief urges regulator to postpone SQE

Apr 7 2020 10:43am

Inside the new alternative law school backed by some of the profession’s biggest names

Ahead of LegalEdCon North on Thursday, College of Legal Practice CEO Giles Proctor outlines a vision for the SQE that is winning prominent admirers

Jan 28 2020 2:47pm

Outcry over LPC 30 years ago similar to SQE anxiety today, says BARBRI chief

Rather than being fazed by the super-exam, Sarah Hutchinson reckons the legal profession should view it as an exciting opportunity to improve education and training

Jan 28 2020 9:06am

SQE offers chance to create high quality courses where technology enhances learning, says Nottingham Law School head of department

Matthew J. Homewood sketches out vision for Solicitors Qualifying Exam preparation course that draws on university’s strength in teaching and research

Jan 22 2020 1:24pm

ULaw partners with quizzing app to give students flavour of SQE

Aspiring lawyers can tailor tests to target weaknesses

Dec 12 2019 8:48am

City law firm ‘consortium’ appoints BPP as SQE prep-course provider

Influential group's future trainees will sit super-exam from autumn 2022 -- a year after assessment's proposed introduction

Dec 3 2019 9:05am

The solicitor super-exam and the opportunities ahead for aspiring lawyers

Victoria Cromwell, head of SQE at BARBRI, discusses lawtech and legal education

Nov 12 2019 2:07pm