Solicitors Qualifying Examination Archives - Legal Cheek

City law firms give insights into SQE plans

Legal Cheek-BARBRI super-exam survey results revealed

Apr 9 2020 10:30am
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ULaw reveals first details of SQE prep course and masters options

Update comes as law school giant ranks number one for LLB acceptances

Feb 13 2020 3:36pm
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SRA publishes SQE sample question with wrong answer, says law prof

Whoops

Feb 13 2020 9:20am
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‘Get on with it — uncertainty costs’, SQE co-creator tells regulators at LegalEdCon North

Crispin Passmore warns against super-exam delay

Feb 6 2020 12:02pm
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Top law lecturers express urgent concerns over SQE as they call on regulator to delay roll-out

Too much uncertainty for uni-hopefuls to make ‘educated decision’, says Committee of Heads of UK Law Schools

Feb 4 2020 11:28am
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How Manchester Law School is helping to bring about a new industrial revolution in legal services

For Professor Andrew Francis the SQE is just one part of a much bigger story

Jan 29 2020 1:31pm

How the SQE shifts power from law firms to students

‘No longer can a law firm dangle a training contract in front of paralegals or insist that getting a job in a firm’s onshore centre is not a route to qualifying’

Jan 17 2020 9:02am
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SRA to make decision on SQE1 skills assessment in New Year

Feedback from spring pilot advised it be ditched

Dec 11 2019 8:53am
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BARBRI ramps up SQE preparations with acquisition of legal training provider Kaplan Altior

Solicitor super-exam ambitions underlined

Dec 2 2019 9:08am
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EXCLUSIVE: Former bosses of ULaw and Kaplan combine with magic circle duo to launch new ‘challenger’ law school

They’re targeting the SQE market

Nov 27 2019 1:17pm
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Super-exam could damage ‘credibility’ of solicitor qualification, junior lawyers warn

JLD urges super-regulator to think carefully before giving new exam final sign-off

Nov 11 2019 10:57am
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Exclusive: City law firm ‘consortium’ prepares to appoint super-exam prep course provider

Linklaters latest to join influential group

Sep 10 2019 9:03am
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SRA seeks law students and lawyers to sit SQE2 pilot

Cash and work placements up for grabs

Aug 12 2019 11:31am
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Incoming Exeter Law School chief: Super-exam pilot ‘obscures as much as it reveals’

SQE 1 performance reports lack technical detail, argues Professor Richard Moorhead — but regulator insists new exam will meet ‘high standards’

Aug 7 2019 11:08am
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Junior lawyers seek to have approval of the SQE overturned

Letter to Justice Committee aims to skewer super-exam

Jun 24 2019 12:00pm
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Arden University registers as SQE prep provider

Ex-BPP chief’s new outfit prepares to deliver super-exam course

Jun 24 2019 9:33am
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Profession prepares for big changes in training of lawyers

Scrapping of LPC, shift to apprenticeships and focus on tech prompt enthusiasm and anxiety in equal measure

May 31 2019 11:15am
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The SQE and the challenges ahead

ULaw’s director of business development, Morette Jackson, reveals how law firms are reacting to the new solicitor super-exam

May 1 2019 10:00am

Trainees risk ‘exploitation’ under super-exam, junior lawyers warn

Regulator urged to reinstate mandatory minimum salary — again

Apr 30 2019 10:49am
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How one law school is preparing for the biggest shake-up to legal education in a generation

Andrew Chadwick, dean of BPP University Law School, discusses the SQE, technology and the opportunities ahead

Apr 23 2019 1:37pm
Struggling to understand how the SQE will affect you? This handy new calculator is here to help

Online tool determines students’ best route to solicitor qualification

Apr 1 2019 10:23am
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