Tag: SQE

Top law lecturers express urgent concerns over SQE as they call on regulator to delay roll-out

Too much uncertainty for uni-hopefuls to make 'educated decision', says Committee of Heads of UK Law Schools

Feb 4 2020 11:28am

How Manchester Law School is helping to bring about a new industrial revolution in legal services

For Professor Andrew Francis the SQE is just one part of a much bigger story

Jan 29 2020 1:31pm

Outcry over LPC 30 years ago similar to SQE anxiety today, says BARBRI chief

Rather than being fazed by the super-exam, Sarah Hutchinson reckons the legal profession should view it as an exciting opportunity to improve education and training

Jan 28 2020 9:06am

How the SQE shifts power from law firms to students

‘No longer can a law firm dangle a training contract in front of paralegals or insist that getting a job in a firm’s onshore centre is not a route to qualifying’

Jan 17 2020 9:02am

ULaw partners with quizzing app to give students flavour of SQE

Aspiring lawyers can tailor tests to target weaknesses

Dec 12 2019 8:48am

SRA to make decision on SQE1 skills assessment in New Year

Feedback from spring pilot advised it be ditched

Dec 11 2019 8:53am

Legal sector’s ‘perfect storm’ moment could blow in new way of training lawyers

NewLaw needs new thinking on legal education, argues Nigel Savage

Nov 28 2019 2:15pm

Why the SQE could be ‘the best thing to happen to university legal education in decades’

The head of Leicester De Montfort Law School, Professor Kevin Bampton, welcomes the scrapping of the LPC

Nov 19 2019 9:13am

Super-exam could damage ‘credibility’ of solicitor qualification, junior lawyers warn

JLD urges super-regulator to think carefully before giving new exam final sign-off

Nov 11 2019 10:57am

Super-exam pass rates could be higher than LPC, says boss of new SQE mega provider

Comments come after Linklaters training chief revealed fear that more magic circle rookies could fail SQE

Nov 1 2019 9:04am

‘My vision for the new solicitor super-exam’

Sarah Hutchinson, international managing director at BARBRI, discusses the future of legal education

Oct 24 2019 2:36pm
SQE super-exam students solicitors

Junior lawyers seek to have approval of the SQE overturned

Letter to Justice Committee aims to skewer super-exam

Jun 24 2019 12:00pm

Arden University registers as SQE prep provider

Ex-BPP chief's new outfit prepares to deliver super-exam course

Jun 24 2019 9:33am

Linklaters delays SQE transition to 2022

Exclusive: UK’s largest training law firm to stick with LPC for extra year after new Solicitors Qualifying Exam comes into place

Jun 4 2019 8:55am

Why the SQE won’t change Russell Group law degrees

Ken Oliphant, head of Bristol University Law School, explains why he foresees only tweaks around the edges to the traditional LLB

May 20 2019 11:28am

Question mark remains over super-exam Welsh translation

Failure to do so may be unlawful, academic claims

May 17 2019 8:44am

From lawyer to legal entrepreneur: You’re programmed to be risk averse — but you can’t fear failure

Mary Bonsor, co-founder and CEO of F-LEX, chats to Legal Cheek ahead of her appearance at the Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019 on 22 May

May 10 2019 12:31pm

The SQE and the challenges ahead

ULaw’s director of business development, Morette Jackson, reveals how law firms are reacting to the new solicitor super-exam

May 1 2019 10:00am

Trainees risk ‘exploitation’ under super-exam, junior lawyers warn

Regulator urged to reinstate mandatory minimum salary -- again

Apr 30 2019 10:49am