Tag: SRA

Pandemic has little impact on LPC pass rates, stats show

Exam deferrals more than doubled

Jan 6 2022 11:51am
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First SQE exams get underway

SRA confirms students won't be tested on Covid laws

Nov 8 2021 10:44am

Solicitor apprenticeships jump 40% in one year

New pathway to qualification gains popularity as SQE roll-out nears

Jul 23 2021 10:48am
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Sponsorship, scholarship or save: How to fund the SQE

Leading legal education experts demystify the new training regime

Jun 10 2021 2:51pm

SRA: Online exams here to stay

LPC providers given option to continue with proctoring measures post-pandemic

May 25 2021 10:55am

Exclusive: Kaplan to award scholarships for SQE exam fees

SQE examiner making arrangements with SRA to provide 'financial assistance for a number of candidates'

May 14 2021 9:38am

SQE2 assessment dates confirmed

From 11 April 2022

Apr 14 2021 9:16am

SRA reveals further SQE exam dates

Confirmation of sittings beyond transitional years for 2023/4

Mar 18 2021 10:24am

Solicitor who assaulted female family member rebuked

Received conditional caution

Feb 9 2021 11:18am

Exclusive research: Law firms say the SQE alone will not be enough

Results of a survey undertaken by nearly 50 leading law firms reveal the new centralised route to qualification won’t cover enough ground and a more thorough course is needed

Jan 28 2021 1:30pm

Law schools welcome first SQE students as SRA ‘looks closely’ at online exam options in light of COVID

Regulator remains hopeful assessment will go ahead in November as planned

Jan 20 2021 11:45am

Ban for ex-Herbert Smith Freehills paralegal who faked overtime approval

Claimed extra 260 hours over two-month period

Jan 18 2021 10:42am

SRA rules out Ryan Beckwith appeal

High Court had overturned SDT's decision to fine former Freshfields partner

Dec 22 2020 10:34am

BARBRI strikes SQE partnerships with Sussex Uni and national paralegal group

Tie-ups come as regulator defends super-exam’s MCQ format

Dec 16 2020 10:34am

Majority of SRA investigations involve male solicitors

92% of individuals struck off in 2018/19 were men, new report finds

Dec 14 2020 12:06pm

SRA rebukes Reed Smith over rule breach

Global outfit 'failed to properly distinguish between itself and its connected practice' when dealing with freezing order

Nov 26 2020 11:09am
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Ex-Freshfields partner ‘caught on the shifting sands of attitudes towards sexual behaviour’, High Court told

Ryan Beckwith appealing £35,000 fine over drunken sexual incident with junior colleague

Oct 22 2020 11:15am

Legal Services Board delays decision to accept or reject SQE

Hold-up comes as group representing more than 4,000 legal academics urge refusal

Sep 21 2020 11:22am

No sanction for trainee solicitor who inflated billing hours

Tribunal finds rookie was not dishonest

Jul 31 2020 10:50am