Tag: Solicitors Qualifying Exam

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

‘The legal industry is not a hierarchy with private practice at the top’
BARBRI managing director Lucie Allen explains SQE’s potential to widen access to the profession

Solicitor apprenticeships: what you need to know…
BPP's Alison Wells explains why solicitor apprenticeships are becoming an increasingly popular option for school-leavers and how the law school supports firms taking up this new pathway

‘Picking an SQE prep course is a lot like dating — you’ve got to find the one you connect with’
ULaw director of business development, Morette Jackson, explains how the law school is helping firms and students grapple with the changing SQE regime

When will most law firms embrace the SQE?
Legal Cheek Careers catches up with BPP University Law School’s head of outreach and student recruitment, Jonny Hurst, to hear the inside scoop on the timeline of different firms’ SQE transition

Why the SQE needs to be integrated into an academic programme so students reach their potential
City Law School associate dean Peter Hungerford-Welch explains the importance of skills and knowledge beyond the SQE curriculum

How to make it as an international lawyer, from those who’ve done it
Skadden’s global co-head of private equity and the founder of Quinn Emanuel’s London office joined a dual-qualified associate from Hill Dickinson to share their incredible career journeys at Legal Cheek’s latest in-person junior lawyer event

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

How the next generation of lawyers can build their own training contracts
Mary Bonsor, founder and CEO of Flex Legal, discusses a new tool to help aspiring solicitors qualify under the SQE

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

Now is the time to re-think legal training
CoLP CEO Dr Giles Proctor outlines how the new SQE is shaking up the delivery of training for junior lawyers

BARBRI strikes soft skills partnership with O Shaped Lawyer
SQE prep provider looks to equip students with human and business know-how

Full video: How to use new SQE pathways to qualify as a solicitor
BPP University Law School experts discuss the routes to qualification available under the new regime

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

How the SQE brings greater ‘flexibility, freedom and innovation’
Graduate recruiters and L&D teams at Baker McKenzie, DWF, HSF and Reed Smith join an expert in legal education at BARBRI to discuss the opportunities available to aspiring solicitors under the new regime

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