Tag: SQE

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

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Super-exam architect Julie Brannan on LLB-SQEs, new law schools and students teaching themselves
Scrapping the GDL and LPC is really gonna shake things up

A legal education expert shares her top 5 predictions for the new solicitor super-exam
What happens after the LPC is scrapped?

Cost of super-exam is a ‘major concern’, says Junior Lawyers’ Division
SQE fees could hit £4,500, but prep course prices remain unknown

Should I do an LLM and sit the SQE — or do the LPC while I still can?
I want to become a City lawyer

Super-exam cost revealed before Christmas, says SRA
As Kaplan's SQE director defends multiple choice format

Will the SQE damage my chances of securing a training contract as a non-law grad?
I want to study politics -- but is it more worthwhile applying for an LLB?

Exclusive: BPP cuts London staff headcount following LLB suspension
Move comes as legal education giant opts to focus on solicitor super-exam training
The tuition fee backlash could spell danger for the solicitor super-exam
Design of the cheaper LPC replacement is based on undergraduate fees staying high