Tag: SQE Hub News

Kaplan offers more SQE testing spots in response to high demand
Exclusive: Additional spaces available from today

Cost of living crisis: ‘I am worried my SQE maintenance grant isn’t enough’
Is part-time work the answer?

Love Island contestant sets sights on SQE
Tyler Cruickshank to sit first exams in January

Over three quarters of students pass SQE2
'Troubling' attainment gaps among ethnic groups remain while candidates with some QWE generally performed better

BARBRI expands diversity funding project with legal aid and commercial law partnerships
SQE prep discounts for Young Legal Aid Lawyers and STRIVE members

‘£250 goodwill payment’ for SQE students affected by exam ‘IT issue’
Compensation comes on top of refunds announced earlier this week

Kaplan confirms refunds following SQE cancellations
Last month's 'IT issue' left some students unable to sit first assessments

Kaplan offers new SQE assessment dates after ‘IT issue’ forced cancellations
First one next week

Metro Bank picks BARBRI to put future in-house lawyers through the SQE
Trainees will split their time studying and gaining QWE

Students unable to sit SQE exam after London test centre suffers ‘IT issue’
Aspiring lawyers report waiting hours before being told to go home

Mishcon strikes SQE training deal with ULaw
Follows similar moves by Clifford Chance, Taylor Wessing and White & Case

BPP to offer paid qualifying work experience
Current and former students can apply for six month placements in the law school's pro bono clinic

SQE prep provider creates ‘humanitarian scholarship’ for aspiring lawyers fleeing war
Half price SQE1 course with BARBRI

HSF confirms SQE maintenance grant of £17,000
Matches moves by Freshfields and Linklaters 💷

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

‘How enforceable are law firm claw back clauses on LPC/SQE funding?’
I've been told I will need to repay it if I don't stay on post-qualification

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

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