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BARBRI offers online SQE preparation courses that fit all types of learners, from those who want to get qualified or dual-qualified as soon as possible to those who need more flexibility and time.
In the US, BARBRI is a household name. And BARBRI is fast making its mark in the UK too, using the same legal expertise and industry-leading technology to help students prepare for the SQE exams.
BARBRI tutors are qualified solicitors and barristers with decades of legal education experience, and BARBRI updates its course material regularly to reflect the latest changes.
BARBRI's SQE1 prep courses are designed to be fully online and flexible. Your Personalised Study Plan (PSP) customises your learning journey so you can fit in the bit-sized modules around work and other commitments.
You get unlimited one-to-one time with a SQE1 Prep learning coach, plus top career coaching to help you prepare for applications and interviews.
Get access to thousands of practice SQE1 multiple-choice questions, and lots of SQE2 practice exercises and mock exams with personalised feedback.
This is a tough exam. BARBRI will do everything possible to help you pass the exam, but life happens. And if you didn’t pass the first time around, for whatever reason, BARBRI will help you to prepare for your resit.
Superior Pass Rates
Not only does BARBRI have 50 years of experience in Bar exam preparation, BARBRI has been preparing students for the SQE since the very first exam. And BARBRI's high pass rates show that the BARBRI method works.
Understanding the SQE
It’s not just a new name, it’s an entirely different way of testing, bringing with it the need for an entirely new way of preparing for the examination. Learn more about the SQE below.
What is the SQE?
The Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) is an independent centralised assessment, introduced in September 2021, which every aspiring solicitor in England and Wales must undergo.
Why was it introduced?
The main aim of the SQE is to ensure that all candidates meet the same single, high standard for admission into the profession. It also opens up the profession by providing flexibility during the qualification process for SQE candidates, ensuring more diversity and inclusion.
The SQE has been designed to establish the competence of candidates qualifying as solicitors. Candidates who have passed the SQE will have demonstrated competencies specified by the SRA through the Statement of Solicitor Competence (SoSC).
For more on this, you can read the Bridge Group report and the Hook Tangaza research findings, both of which were commissioned to assess the impact of the SQE on the legal profession and admission to it.
The new path to qualification
SQE1 is a computer-based functioning legal knowledge assessment which consists of 2 exams of 180 multiple-choice questions, 360 in total. SQE1 combines substantive and procedural law, and is a test of candidates functioning legal knowledge, i.e. application, problem solving and decision making. Both examinations must be taken in single assessment window.
SQE2 consists of practical legal skills assessments such as client interviewing, advocacy, case and matter analysis, legal research and written advice, and legal drafting.
After passing SQE1, you will then be eligible to apply for and sit for SQE2.
For more details, kindly contact:
DIFC ACADEMY - [email protected]
