Tag: SQE

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

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’

ULaw partners with quizzing app to give students flavour of SQE
Aspiring lawyers can tailor tests to target weaknesses

SRA to make decision on SQE1 skills assessment in New Year
Feedback from spring pilot advised it be ditched

Legal sector’s ‘perfect storm’ moment could blow in new way of training lawyers
NewLaw needs new thinking on legal education, argues Nigel Savage

EXCLUSIVE: Former bosses of ULaw and Kaplan combine with magic circle duo to launch new ‘challenger’ law school
They’re targeting the SQE market

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

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

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

‘My vision for the new solicitor super-exam’
Sarah Hutchinson, international managing director at BARBRI, discusses the future of legal education

Junior lawyers seek to have approval of the SQE overturned
Letter to Justice Committee aims to skewer super-exam

Arden University registers as SQE prep provider
Ex-BPP chief's new outfit prepares to deliver super-exam course

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

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

Question mark remains over super-exam Welsh translation
Failure to do so may be unlawful, academic claims

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

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

Trainees risk ‘exploitation’ under super-exam, junior lawyers warn
Regulator urged to reinstate mandatory minimum salary -- again

How one law school is preparing for the biggest shake-up to legal education in a generation
Andrew Chadwick, dean of BPP University Law School, discusses the SQE, technology and the opportunities ahead

Struggling to understand how the SQE will affect you? This handy new calculator is here to help
Online tool determines students' best route to solicitor qualification

City law firms prepare to overhaul training structures as SQE nears
Legal Cheek-BARBRI super-exam survey results revealed