Tag: Solicitors Qualifying Exam

5 ways to use the SQE to qualify as a solicitor
Legal Cheek Careers chats to BPP’s Head of SQE Programmes and former City lawyer, Caroline Rayson, to discuss the new pathways to qualification

SQE candidates unable to sit both exams this year
Students taking SQE1 in July will not have their results in time to sit SQE2 in October

Mishcon joins initiative to fund refugee lawyers through SQE
Teams up with BARBRI and charity Breaking Barriers

Online law school strikes SQE deal with Oxford Brookes
College of Legal Practice to offer prep courses at discounted rate

How I passed the first SQE
Aspiring solicitor Geoffrey Janes scored top marks for SQE1 and shares six practical tips to help you do the same

Students forced to queue for hours to book SQE exam
Wait times of up to two hours as online booking system opened this week

ULaw signs SQE partnerships with six universities
LSE and Nottingham Uni grads among those guaranteed prep course places under new deal

White & Case and ULaw strike SQE training deal
Global firm recruits 50 UK trainees each year

Law school leaders react to first SQE results
Legal Cheek talks to the key players in legal education to understand what last week's results announcement means for students and the wider profession

SRA education chief who turned ‘SQE from a concept into a reality’ to step down this summer
Julie Brannan set for long-planned retirement

Just over half of students pass first ever SQE
Regulator identifies 'attainment gap' among ethnic groups

SQE results day hit by technical issues and delays
Some students found out their results late into the night, whilst some claim to have received other candidates' scores

ULaw extends ‘money back’ offer to out-of-work LLM students
50% cash back plus 50% credit towards another course

Online law school launches £7k LLM with SQE prep
College of Legal Practice secures degree awarding powers

Baker McKenzie picks BARBRI to put future trainees through the SQE
First cohort starts September 2023

Edinburgh Uni grad scoops full SQE1 scholarship with ‘law firm of the future’ essay
Natalie Northridge receives £3k for BARBRI course

Former Thomson Reuters vice president takes top role at BARBRI
Lucie Allen will oversee SQE market growth

New law school launches conversion course at quarter the price of GDL
College of Legal Practice offering readies non-law grads for SQE prep

City firms to offer part-time training contracts for disabled aspiring lawyers
Eversheds Sutherland and Osborne Clarke are hiring for 2024 entry

‘Should I do the SQE during my law degree?’
One reader is unsure whether they should study and sit the exam during their placement year 🤔