Solicitors Qualifying Exam

Students may have to learn how and when to apply it

Mayer Brown, Ropes and Law Society among latest backers

First Browne Jacobson cohort starts next Autumn

BPP’s Hilary Chadwick on navigating a new regime and what the future holds for legal education

BARBRI prize worth £3k

Deal covers firm’s apprentices too

Is part-time work the answer?

‘Troubling’ attainment gaps among ethnic groups remain while candidates with some QWE generally performed better

First one next week

Aspiring lawyers report waiting hours before being told to go home

Accutrainee founder Susan Cooper shares how the firm’s flexible TC model is creating a wealth of opportunities for graduates

Follows similar moves by Clifford Chance, Taylor Wessing and White & Case

Speakers from Flex Legal, Accutrainee and Reed Smith joined a legal education expert from BARBRI to discuss how qualifying work experience is presenting a new and exciting pathway into the profession

Half price SQE1 course with BARBRI

Robert Dudley, vice president of strategy and marketing at BARBRI, looks at how the SQE is providing new opportunities for aspiring lawyers