BPP’s Head of Outreach joins law students and trainees to discuss all-things QWE
Qualifying Work Experience (QWE) is a key component of the new SQE regime, providing students with significantly more flexibility in how they qualify as a solicitor.
With that in mind, during a recent Legal Cheek virtual event (full video above), a panel session led by Jonny Hurst, BPP’s Head of Outreach and former City law firm partner, delved into all aspects of QWE.
The informative discussion covered a range of topics, including building a QWE portfolio at multiple employers, graduate solicitor apprenticeships, and getting sponsored for a two-year QWE training contract at a single employer.
Hurst was joined by current and former BPP students Kelechi Angel Nwichi-Holdsworth (graduate solicitor apprentice at The Limehouse Project), Chloe Hayes (undertaking QWE in BPP’s Social Impact Team) and Henry Davine (trainee solicitor at Accutrainee). Together they shared their experiences of gaining QWE and offered advice to students on how to qualify using the QWE pathways.
Additionally, the event closed with a virtual networking session with the BPP University Law School team, who answered attendees’ follow-up questions and provided further careers advice.
Legal Cheek is running ‘The SQE series’ with BPP University Law School. The video of each session will be made available one month after each virtual event together with further FAQs arising from each session which SQE experts from BPP are answering.
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