Tag: SQE Hub News

Over a quarter of small and medium law firms yet to adopt SQE
Nearly half cite lack of info for not switching

‘Enormous opportunity missed’: Law school chief hits out at ethnicity attainment gap report
City Law School's James Catchpole questions exclusion of SQE students in long-awaited research

Why it’s not too late to save the SQE
Legal education godfather Professor Nigel Savage has a plan

Students report difficulties getting QWE signed off
Lack of understanding among employers

SQE-you-later: Will the recent exam blunder deter future lawyers?
Law student Dara Antova gives her verdict on the Kaplan marking debacle

SRA eyes £66 million SQE income next year
More than double previous year

SQE2 pass rate climbs to 73%
Over 870 aspiring lawyers completed latest sitting

Queen Mary and BARBRI create Russell Group’s first solicitor apprenticeship pathway
London uni in early talks with possible partner firms

Independent review confirms reissued SQE1 results are correct
Kaplan drafted in top statistician after 175 students were incorrectly told they had failed

A&O Shearman confirms £20k SQE support grant
Increase on both firms' pre-merger offerings

SQE blunder: £250 goodwill payment ‘does not begin to repair the damage’, says Junior Lawyers Division
Could request super regulator investigation

Google invests £9.5 million in London law firm behind ‘AI paralegal’ which passed the SQE
'Lawrence' scored 74% on mock test

EXCLUSIVE: Students who had TCs cancelled among those hit by Kaplan SQE blunder
Told they’d failed SQE1 when actually they'd passed

SQE1 pass rate climbs slightly amid marking error backlash
56% successfully navigated latest sitting

‘Omnishambles’: Law school bosses react to SQE exam fiasco
Mix of concern and anger

Exam chaos: Kaplan issues apology after 175 students wrongly told they’d failed SQE
Questions remain over whether blunder led to TC offer cancellations

SQE exam fees to rise again amid student discontent
SRA says assessment 'continues to perform well'

Law students weigh in on firms’ treatment of SQE trainees
Some call for resits, others say rescinding TCs is the right call

How can the SQE be improved?
Legal Cheek readers call for cheaper fees, better exam rooms, past papers and more

CMS and Slaughters latest firms to withdraw TC offers
SQE fallout continues