Super Exam Archives - Legal Cheek

Legal watchdog moves to quell MPs’ super-exam fears after dismissing calls to delay approval

SQE received provisional go-ahead last month

Apr 16 2018 12:23pm
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Solicitor super-exam one step closer to reality following watchdog approval

Goodbye LPC and GDL?

Mar 27 2018 1:52pm
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Hold off on super-exam decision for six more months, MPs urge

Another day, another delay?

Mar 16 2018 3:49pm
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Decision to approve or reject solicitor super-exam delayed AGAIN

~~9 March~~ 12 April

Mar 8 2018 2:51pm
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Decision to approve or reject solicitor super-exam delayed

Legal Services Board gives itself more time to consider LPC and GDL’s demise

Feb 9 2018 12:52pm
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City law chiefs want all future trainees to sit super-exam from 2022

Despite SRA suggesting transitional period could run into 2030s

Jan 12 2018 1:57pm
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Three-quarters of firms will require extra training for graduates once super-exam comes in

City concerned by SQE knowledge gap, report suggests

Nov 20 2017 9:12am
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Exclusive: City law firms push to bring entire ‘two-part’ super-exam before training contract

It’s beginning to look a lot like the LPC

Oct 26 2017 9:08am
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The tuition fee backlash could spell danger for the solicitor super-exam

Design of the cheaper LPC replacement is based on undergraduate fees staying high

Jul 12 2017 9:20am
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Solicitor super-exam is golden opportunity for law schools to make their students more techy, legal education expert says

Future lawyers ‘must be able to effectively use technology’

Jun 30 2017 1:31pm
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Solicitor super-exam: Students able to take LPC and GDL into the 2030s

Exclusive: Regulator backs ‘lengthy transition period’, as lawyers speculate advocacy’s place on SQE

Jun 13 2017 2:04pm
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‘Don’t make snap decisions too soon’, SRA tells aspiring solicitors contemplating whether to take the LPC or the super-exam

Exclusive video interview: Legal Cheek speaks to the regulator’s director of education and training

May 23 2017 9:07am
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Law lecturers accuse SRA of ‘disingenuous reporting’ over super-exam consultation responses

But regulator says it’s published everything it can

May 9 2017 3:21pm
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The SQE is a revolution which American law schools should learn from, says US legal education expert

‘You need different roads to Rome’

May 5 2017 10:01am
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Super-exam: Frequently Asked Questions about the SQE

Clarity among the confusion as SRA confirms it will scrap the LPC and GDL

May 3 2017 9:01am
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Legal Cheek talks… how will the new solicitor super-exam affect you?

Your questions answered, as we wave goodbye to the LPC and GDL

Apr 26 2017 3:07pm
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It’s official: The LPC and GDL are being scrapped

Solicitor super-exam will replace traditional routes to qualification as soon as September 2020

Apr 25 2017 11:30am
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New solicitor super-exam risks creating ‘tiered’ legal profession, independent report finds

But study hopeful exam will help improve diversity

Mar 27 2017 9:57am
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Concerns over SRA solicitor super-exam proposals reach House of Lords

Lord Low of Dalston questioned whether the new vocational training regime would have a negative impact on law schools

Mar 7 2017 5:44pm
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Barristers will have a better grasp of the law than solicitors under proposed changes to legal education, university academics warn

SRA super-exam takes another bashing

Jan 23 2017 10:28am
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ULaw comes out swinging against solicitor super-exam as SRA consultation ends

Big changes to legal education ahead

Jan 9 2017 9:24am
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SRA moves a step closer to killing off LPC and GDL as super-exam proposals gather pace

But solicitors’ regulator performs U-turn on degree requirement

Oct 3 2016 2:50pm
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