Tag: Solicitors Qualifying Exam

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

ULaw partners with quizzing app to give students flavour of SQE
Aspiring lawyers can tailor tests to target weaknesses

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

The solicitor super-exam and the opportunities ahead for aspiring lawyers
Victoria Cromwell, head of SQE at BARBRI, discusses lawtech and legal education

Super-exam pass rates could be higher than LPC, says boss of new SQE mega provider
Comments come after Linklaters training chief revealed fear that more magic circle rookies could fail SQE

‘My vision for the new solicitor super-exam’
Sarah Hutchinson, international managing director at BARBRI, discusses the future of legal education

Junior lawyer numbers set to rocket following SQE roll-out, predicts Google-backed legal business chief
Super-exam also tipped as pro-diversity by legal entrepreneur

Why the SQE won’t change Russell Group law degrees
Ken Oliphant, head of Bristol University Law School, explains why he foresees only tweaks around the edges to the traditional LLB

Question mark remains over super-exam Welsh translation
Failure to do so may be unlawful, academic claims

I was among the first to sit the SQE pilot — here’s what I thought
‘The MCQ format was very patronising and far too easy. It was like a dummies guide to the law!'

SRA loses another policy chief as solicitor super-exam looms
Richard Collins heads for the exit not long after predecessor

Super-exam: ‘The SRA is replacing one gamble with a worse one’
Multiple-choice exams aren’t the most effective way of judging ability, argues Durham Law School dean

SRA launches Facebook page to help demystify solicitor super-exam
Regulator revealed last week SQE could cost up to £4,500

New solicitor super-exam ‘likely’ to cost between £3,000 – £4,500
But SRA delays implementation date until September 2021, one year later than previously proposed