From autumn 2021, the route to solicitor quali cation is changing. In the future, any graduate, no matter what they studied, will need to sit and pass the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE)*. Here’s everything you need to know and how we’ll help you along the way. Getting the qualifications you need
peers joining City Consortium ¿rms. It also means you’ll bene¿t from the presentations and social events we run at our ȯces. Howwe support you For our future trainees, maintenance grants will be available to help with living costs while you complete the City Consortium Solicitor Training Programme. Plus, for those doing the PGDL, the current maintenance grant is £8,000 within London and £7,000 outside London.
The LPC will cease to exist in the new regime. The SQE is not a course but a centralised assessment taken in two stages: SQE 1 and SQE 2. SQE 1 tests your legal knowledge and SQE 2 assesses practical legal skills. You’ll also need to do two years of qualifying legal work experience (like a training contract) and pass a character and suitability test. How can you prepare for the SQE? We’ve got you covered. Together with ¿ve other top law ¿rms, we’ve partnered with BPP University Law School to create the market-leading City Consortium Solicitor Training Programme. For law and non-law graduates, it will provide the very best preparation to pass the new SQE assessments, and give you the knowledge and skills you need to start your career at our ¿rm. Your training As always, we take your development seriously. So we’ll make sure your training is engaging and thorough, giving you the con¿dence to hit the ground running. You’ll be supported by BPP’s expert tutors and state-of-the-art educational technology. The training programme will consist of: – A law conversion course for any non-law graduates – Postgraduate Diploma in Law (PGDL)
£8,000 for PGDL students in London
£7,000 for PGDL students outside London
*There will be a transition period for the introduction of the SQE.We currently intend that the ¿rst intake of trainees to have studied our new programme and sat the SQE will join us in 2023. However, that timing is subject to the Legal Service Board’s approval of the new regime and further information from the SRA on logistics, such as assessment dates. Until we introduce our new programme, future trainees will continue to study our bespoke accelerated LPC at BPP.
– SQE 1 Preparation Programme – City Consortium Plus Programme – SQE 2 Test Preparation
The City Consortium is a group of six leading law ¿rms: Fresh¿elds Bruckhaus Deringer, Herbert Smith Freehills, Hogan Lovells, Linklaters, Norton Rose Fulbright, and Slaughter and May.
For non-law graduates, you’ll be able to study the eight-month PGDL at one of BPP’s centres around the country. To help you get ready for working life in the City, you’ll then complete the rest of the training programme in London and study alongside your
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