SQE - Solicitors Qualifying Exam

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The Solicitors Qualifying Exam

What is it and how can you qualify as a solicitor through SQE?

Should I do the LPC or the SQE?

I’m in the final year of my degree – should I do the GDL and LPC after I graduate, or the new Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE)?

Are the GDL, LPC and SQE eligible for the postgraduate student loan?

Can I access the government’s postgraduate student loan for the GDL and LPC? What about the new Solicitors Qualifying Exam?

Where to start?

Introducing The University of Law's SQE courses

Whatever your background or education, however you want to study, we have the right course for you.

Everything we know about the SQE so far!

Read this Feature for information on the syllabus, the format of the exams themselves, the cost for candidates, and what law firms, universities and law schools are doing

GDL or SQE Preparation course?

A 2021 non-law student’s guide to choosing a solicitor training route

SQE in the news

Read the latest information about what is happening with the SQE

New online SQE preparation courses announced by Law Training Centre

Law Training Centre has become the latest training provider to reveal details of new online courses designed to prepare students for the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE).

City Consortium to offer SQE ‘top-up courses’ for future trainees

The City Consortium, which includes Freshfields and Linklaters, will provide ‘top-up courses’ for future trainees taking the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) to ensure candidates are prepared to commence training contracts within a City practice.

SQE prep courses offer choice but junior lawyers criticise high fees

As more law schools and universities reveal the fees students can expect to pay for Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) preparation courses, the Junior Lawyers Division has said that fears that the new ‘super exam’ would fail to drive down the average cost of becoming a lawyer have been confirmed.

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Your questions answered

SQE Qualifying Work Experience FAQs

Here are the answers to some of the frequently asked questions that LCN has been hearing from students.

How can I get my Qualifying Work Experience (QWE)?

BARBRI explains the different avenues that can be explored when working to fulfil the QWE requirement.

How long will the LPC remain a valid route to qualifying as a solicitor with the introduction of the SQE?

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BARBRI answers the top five questions

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How to successfully prepare for the SQE assessments

There will be some inevitable questions and concerns regarding the time commitment, planning and preparation for the SQE.

Search for SQE courses

Use our SQE search tool to find SQE preparation courses

The Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE): everything we know so far

The coronavirus pandemic has delayed plans to change legal education and training in 2021 with the introduction of the new Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE). Here is everything we know about the new exams, from the syllabus, to the format of the exams themselves, to the cost for candidates, to what law firms, universities and law schools are doing.

Why the SQE is necessary

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This blog post will focus on the reasons why the SQE was created.

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