Exams Archives - Legal Cheek

BPTC student raises bias and privacy concerns over exam proctoring

BSB says online exams aren’t ‘discriminatory’ but union have come out in support of students wanting to pursue potential legal action

Jul 23 2020 12:12pm
6
Regulator apologises to BPTC students following exam booking chaos

Some spent several hours on the line only to be hung up on or told to call back later

Jul 15 2020 1:22pm
6
University of London delays LLB exams after students encounter ‘bandwidth difficulties’

Exclusive: ‘Small minority’ of undergraduates affected, says uni

Jul 10 2020 9:13am
2
Ban for legal assistant who lied about passing exams

‘Altered’ letter to show CILEx assessment success

Jul 9 2020 11:24am
6
Exam proctoring: a law student’s experience

As law schools shift exams online in the wake of the coronavirus, one aspiring lawyer reveals her first encounter was ‘mostly positive’

Jul 6 2020 1:38pm
12
Exam blunder sees Oxford University law students given wrong criminal paper

Told of error halfway through open-book assessment

Jun 8 2020 2:32pm
19

BSB: A response to BPTC students’ exam concerns

We will seek to ensure online assessment arrangements are fair for all, writes BSB director of regulatory operations Oliver Hanmer

Jun 3 2020 10:10am
10
BPTC students urge regulator to reconsider COVID-19 exam plans

93% of bar hopefuls surveyed believe BSB’s proposals will negatively impact their performance

Jun 2 2020 9:13am
29
Bar regulator’s COVID-19 exam proposals could prejudice female students

Former BPTC student and future barrister Sarah Ismail considers why

May 29 2020 9:10am
58
COVID-19: Bar exams to go online

But not before August

May 13 2020 1:17pm
18
City law firms give insights into SQE plans

Legal Cheek-BARBRI super-exam survey results revealed

Apr 9 2020 10:30am
7
Appeal win for German law student deducted marks for turning up to exam in jeans

👖🚫

Apr 3 2020 2:36pm
4

Virus latest: Regulator to relax LPC exam rules

Law schools can apply to run assessments online to avoid delays, SRA confirms

Mar 25 2020 5:41pm
20
LPC exam delays will have ‘serious implications’ for training contract holders, junior lawyers warn

Junior Lawyers Division offers up alternatives including online exams and coursework

Mar 24 2020 10:59am
41
Don’t let students sit exams at home, SRA tells law schools

Regulator says supervised assessments must be maintained

Mar 18 2020 9:21am
33
BPP gives students option to sit LPC exam or delay

Law school’s approach follows advice from Public Health England

Mar 16 2020 1:16pm
42
King’s College London law students to sit ‘take home’ exams amid coronavirus fears

Alternative arrangement sees undergrads take their assessments off-campus within a specified timeframe

Mar 12 2020 3:31pm
11
Leeds Beckett Uni apologises after forgetting to supply desks for LPC exam

Whoops

Feb 7 2020 8:54am
17

Solicitor who got CDEE A-Level grades reveals how it’s still possible to get into law if you mess up your exams

Don’t expect an “easy solution”, stresses STEM graduate Chrissie Wolfe

Aug 16 2019 12:05pm
10
Legal Twitterati unusually quiet on A-Level results day

But excitable teens take to social media to trumpet success

Aug 15 2019 12:38pm
47
Vlogging future magic circle trainee offers insight into law exam prep

LPCer gets genuine in new week-in-the-life vlog series

May 30 2019 9:04am