Tag: SQE

How qualifying as a solicitor is changing for the better with the SQE
Victoria Cromwell, senior director of business development at BARBRI, explains some of the advantages of training under the new regime

First speakers announced for LegalEdCon 2022
MoJ minister joins SRA education chief and magic circle training experts at Legal Cheek's annual in-person conference

Full video: The non-law dilemma
Experts from BPP University Law School, Bird & Bird and Dentons discuss what the SQE means for non-law graduates

Online law school launches ‘O Shaped Lawyer’ course
College of Legal Practice teams up with project founder and Network Rail GC Dan Kayne to develop new module focusing on human and business skills

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

Clifford Chance increases financial support for incoming trainees
LPC and SQE cohorts provided £12.5k maintenance grants

5 things non-law students should know to break into the legal sector
Law training experts from BPP, Bird & Bird and Dentons demystify the new pathway to qualification under the SQE

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

Full video: Funding the SQE
BPP Law School experts join current students and future trainees to discuss the different funding options on offer

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

‘I’m a non-law student totally confused by the new SQE’
I want to be a solicitor but I'm unsure what my options are

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

Hill Dickinson replaces TCs with apprenticeships in training shake-up
New graduate pathway sees aspiring lawyers juggle legal work with SQE studies at ULaw

Queen’s law firm embraces solicitor apprenticeships
Farrer & Co to welcome first cohort this autumn

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