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The cost of the Solicitors Qualification Exam (SQE) is to rise for the first time since it was introduced. The cost of the first part of the exam (SQE1) is to rise from £1,558 to £1,622 while the cost of SQE2 moves from £2,422 to £2,493, a total rise of £135. The cost of prep […]
Two schemes have been launched to help professionals already working in the legal sector qualify as solicitors. Dentons has launched a route to qualification for 10 of its own paralegals. Named Quali-FLY, the route will take the selected paralegals, or other professionals, through the process of preparing for and taking the Solicitors Qualification Exam (SQE). […]
UK legal education should welcome its Australian challengers
The first sitting of the new Solicitors Qualification Exam (SQE) resulted in a 53 per cent pass rate, and now one provider of prep courses has declared its pass rate. Nearly all (97 per cent) of its students responded to BARBRI’s request for pass rate information and the provider said that 79 per cent of […]
White & Case has chosen the University of Law (ULaw) to provide prep courses for the Solicitors Qualification Exam (SQE) to its future trainees. The firm currently partners with BPP for provision of the Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course, but will transition from one law school to the other as those courses […]
While the SRA is transparent about the attainment gap, it is silent on data that would be of practical help for those wishing to study for the SQE.
The first pass rates of the Solicitors Qualification Exam (SQE) have been revealed. The students who sat the first-ever SQE1 exam in November received their results yesterday, with just over half – 53 per cent – receiving the good news that they had passed. Some 1,090 candidates, including 27 solicitor apprentices, took the exam across […]
Eversheds Sutherland has launched an ‘SQE Academy’ to allow its paralegals to qualify as solicitors. The two-year training programme will run alongside the firm’s traditional training contract and its existing apprenticeship route, and will take 10 candidates a year from the firm’s paralegal pool. The move has been sparked by the introduction of the Solicitors […]
The College of Legal Practice (CoLP) has announced fees for a new conversion course for non-law graduates hoping to qualify as solicitors. CoLP is a new entrant in the world of UK legal education, having launched in Britain in 2019. In Australia, it is known as The College of Law Australia and New Zealand. It […]
September 2021 saw the official introduction of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), with the first ever sittings of SQE1 taking place on 8 and 11 November. The overhaul of the existing law degree-to-Legal Practice Course-to-training contract qualification route marks an exciting opportunity to embrace change and champion inclusivity within our traditional profession. However, it is […]
Six in-house legal teams are exploiting the current changes to legal education to take on diverse trainees. The paralegal service provider Flex Legal has partnered with the general counsels including those at ASOS, Vodafone, The Crown Estate, Trussle, The Phoenix Group and Next15 Communications for the scheme, called Flex Trainee. It will entail the in-house […]
Osborne Clarke has selected BPP as its partner of choice to put its future trainees through the new Solicitors Qualification Exam (SQE). The firm already sent its future joiners to BPP for the Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course; now those courses are being phased out, trainees and solicitor apprentices will take the […]