Tag: SQE Hub News

SRA appoints new education and training chief
Former Ofqual boss Julie Swan replaces retiring Julie Brannan

Dentons and ULaw launch separate SQE pathways for paralegals
Law firm and law school giants to help legal workers qualify as solicitors

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

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

BPP strikes SQE training deals with international and national law firms
Law school giant to prep Dentons, Cripps and Walker Morris trainees

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

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

Biotech grad bags SQE1 scholarship for essay on ‘why STEM students make great lawyers’
Viktoria Dipla's £3k award covers cost of BARBRI course

BPP to offer free SQE and bar ‘bridge courses’
Tie-up with eight universities

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

City law firms to fund aspiring social welfare lawyers through the SQE
£145k pledged so far to cover exam prep and fees

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