Tag: SQE

SQE-you-later: Will the recent exam blunder deter future lawyers?
Law student Dara Antova gives her verdict on the Kaplan marking debacle

My SQE2 experience
Ifeoluwa Aderibigbe, SQE student and QWE trainee at BPP, dives into her experience of the exams and why legal work experience can be the key to success

SQE2 pass rate climbs to 73%
Over 870 aspiring lawyers completed latest sitting

Independent review confirms reissued SQE1 results are correct
Kaplan drafted in top statistician after 175 students were incorrectly told they had failed

Generational clash: Differing workplace attitudes pose biggest challenge for junior lawyers
Exclusive research: Managing mental health and workloads among key challenges for Gen-Zers, along with addressing knowledge gaps

Full video: A deep dive into SQE1
BPP’s Head of Outreach joins SQE Award Leaders and future trainees to discuss part one of the solicitors’ assessment

Full video: A deep dive into SQE2
BPP’s Head of Outreach joins future trainees for an in-depth look at part two of the centralised assessment

SQE students told to wait in ‘quiet area’ for 2.5 hours before exam
Aspiring lawyers may welcome extra revision time, says SRA

How one law school is embracing technology to bring SQE success
BARBRI’s Jody Tranter discusses how the law school’s innovative approach helps create bespoke learning experiences for its students

EXCLUSIVE: Students who had TCs cancelled among those hit by Kaplan SQE blunder
Told they’d failed SQE1 when actually they'd passed

SQE1 pass rate climbs slightly amid marking error backlash
56% successfully navigated latest sitting

‘Omnishambles’: Law school bosses react to SQE exam fiasco
Mix of concern and anger

Exam chaos: Kaplan issues apology after 175 students wrongly told they’d failed SQE
Questions remain over whether blunder led to TC offer cancellations

My reflections on SQE1
Mikaela Hristova, future trainee solicitor at Stephenson Harwood and current BPP SQE student, discusses her exam experience

Law students weigh in on firms’ treatment of SQE trainees
Some call for resits, others say rescinding TCs is the right call

How can the SQE be improved?
Legal Cheek readers call for cheaper fees, better exam rooms, past papers and more

CMS and Slaughters latest firms to withdraw TC offers
SQE fallout continues

City Law Society training chief urges law firms to support trainees struggling with SQE
Clifford Chance revoked TC offers while Macfarlanes has 'pass first time' policy

Dealing with the mental ‘shockwave’ of the SQE
A paralegal opens up about wellbeing challenges associated with the new assessment

‘I passed SQE1 at the first attempt – but here’s everything that needs to change’
A future trainee solicitor offers their post-exam reflections

‘I’m studying the SQE as a non-law student working part-time – this is how it’s going’
Future trainee Madelaine Moss shares her SQE journey