How to get SQE exemption as a foreign lawyer
England and Wales are the only regions we know of where you can qualify as a foreign lawyer using foreign work experience. To become a practising lawyer in England and…
Key takeaways: The SQE Virtual Conference 2024
🔊 We attended the SQE Virtual Conference 2024. This was for education and training providers and organisations offering qualifying work experience (QWE). Here are the key takeaways! SQE1 Pass Rates…
A Comparative Study of SQE2 Exam Results
 A look at the SQE2 exam results for the past few months (October 2022, April 2023, July 2023 and October 2023) gives an interesting perspective on the type of…
My Experience Taking SQE1
My name is Mayuri and I’m from South Africa. I’ve been working for about 18 years in the financial sector then ecology. I did not know anything about the SQE…
SQE for foreign lawyers (Step by step guide)
 You may be a foreign lawyer wanting to qualify as a lawyer in England and Wales and improve your job prospects. Welcome aboard! The law of England and Wales…
How many times can I re-take the SQE exam?
 The SRA limits the number of retakes to two. This means you have three shots at SQE1 and three shots at SQE2 within each 6 year assessment window. A…
How is the the SQE1 exam marked?
 There are 12 subjects that you need to know for the SQE1 exam. Ethics is split across these subjects. The subjects are split into 2 exams, called Functioning…
What are the hardest SQE1 subjects?
 In this article, we are looking at what the hardest subjects are for the SQE1 assessments. There are 12 subjects, split into two sets of exams with six subjects…
SQE1 success rate – does having a degree matter?
 To qualify as a lawyer in England and Wales, you need to have a degree in any subject, or show that you have a qualification or experience equivalent to…
SQE1 failure rate – does qualifying work experience matter
Can you take SQE1 without doing any qualifying work experience? You do need two years of experience as part of the conditions to qualify. But it is not required to…
SQE1 pass rates – does age matter?
In this article, we will be looking at the number of people that pass SQE1, by age. So the SQE1 is the first of two assessments you need to take…
The failure rate for SQE1
How many people pass SQE1? Simply put, about half of candidates pass SQE1. On average over the three sets of SQE1 assessments that have taken place to date (at the…