Clifford Chance has chosen the University of Law (ULaw) to deliver the courses that will prepare its future trainees for life in the profession. Following a competitive tender, ULaw secured the deal to deliver its Solicitors Qualification Examination (SQE) courses alongside the Legal Practice Course (LPC) and the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) before the latter […]
Linklaters has partnered with Barbri to deliver preperation courses for the Solicitors Qualification Exam (SQE) to overseas lawyers The magic circle firm is part of the City Consortium of six large London firms that have signed up to allow BPP Law School to prep their future trainees for the SQE. However the partnership with Barbri […]
Three more overseas legal education providers are to offer prep courses for the new Solicitors Qualification Exam (SQE). Spain’s IE Law School, Paris Dauphine – PSL University of France and Singapore-based Asia Bar Review have all partnered with BARBRI to offer the course to international students. US-founded BARBRI arrived in the UK some years ago […]
The College of Legal Practice (CoLP) has unveiled its preparatory courses for the new Solicitors Qualification Exam (SQE), declaring them a “generational change for legal education.” The full online programme preparing students to pass the SQE1 and SQE2 examinations will launch in summer 2021 and is called Developing Legal Professionals (DLP). It is divided into […]
The University of Law has unveiled its new suite of courses to prepare students for the Solicitors Qualification Exam, Replacing the Legal Practice Course (LPC) will be a course called Master of Laws Legal Practice (MLLP), which includes preparation for SQE parts 1 and 2. Replacing the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL), which non-law graduates […]
Reed Smith has revealed its plans for a year-long programme to make its future trainees ready for the new Solicitors Qualification Exam (SQE) which will take place entirely within the law firm’s walls. The firm’s “professional SQE training path” will launch in 2022 and in effect will replace the Legal Practice Course (LPC). It will […]
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has given its final approval for the Solicitors Qualification Exam (SQE) to launch next year. The approval was something of a foregone conclusion but it means the SQE has now cleared the final hurdle of a process that has been five years in the making. The LSB did, however, have […]
The University of Law (ULaw) has struck deals with four other universities to guarantee their graduates places on its forthcoming Solicitors Qualification Exam (SQE) prep course. The agreement has been reached between ULaw and the Universities of Southampton, Surrey, Leicester and Birkbeck. As part of the deal, ULaw will provide workshops during the other universities’ […]
Two universities have signed up with the legal education provider BARBRI to deliver preparation courses for the new Solicitors Qualification Exam (SQE). King’s College London will run the course from January 2021, while Manchester University’s will commence next summer, in anticipation of the first round of exams in November 2021 and will run at least […]
The Solicitor’s Regulation Authority (SRA) has recently submitted its final application to the Legal Services Board (LSB) requesting approval to replace the current routes to becoming a solicitor with the Solicitors Qualification Exam (SQE). If there’s anyone that doesn’t know what the introduction of the SQE will mean for how people become solicitors, the following […]
The fees for the new Solicitors Qualification Exam (SQE) have been revealed. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has confirmed that the candidate fee for the exam, to be introduced in September 2021 subject to approval from the Legal Services Board, will be £3,980. This will include £1,558 for SQE part 1 – two exams consisting […]
The Junior Lawyers Division of The Law Society (JLD) has called for a delay in the implementation of the new Solicitors Qualification Exam (SQE), set to be introduced in 2021. The board of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) approved the final design of the SQE last week, following the conclusion of its final pilot exercise. […]