SQE2 Preparation for Legal Professionals
If you are a legal professional currently working full-time in the profession and looking to qualify as a solicitor in England and Wales via the SQE route, this online course is for you.
Designed to support the legal knowledge and skills you have already developed; this course prepares you for the Solicitor Regulation Authority’s (SRA) centralised SQE2 assessments. You’ll have flexibility to study online at your own pace – we recommend 10 hours per week – without a fixed timetable. Though the course asynchronous, each unit has scheduled subject support sessions allowing you to ask your lecturer questions and clarify parts of the course.
We’re proud of our SQE2 Pass Rate. 82% of our students passed SQE2 in October 2023 compared to the industry average pass rate of 64%*.
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This course covers the six legal skills outlined in the SRA’s assessment specification:
- Client interviewing – prepping and conducting an interview with a client, producing an attendance note recording a client interview and initial legal analysis.
- Advocacy – planning for and conducting a piece of advocacy before a judge.
- Case and matter analysis – producing a written report to a partner giving legal advice.
- Legal research – conducting legal research from a variety of paper and electronic resources.
- Legal writing – producing a letter of email as the solicitor acting in a matter, which clearly and correctly applies the law.
- Legal drafting – drafting full or part legal documents with use of precedents.
- On average, each unit will take approximately 10 hours to complete including both study hours and tutor contact time.
Students studying this course will receive full access to our ULaw SQE Revision App.
The app is designed to help prepare and embed your Functioning Legal Knowledge (FLK), ready to take on the SQE2 assessments.
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Part-time Online
November 2024:
Start date: Induction w/c 18 November 2024. Teaching commences w/c 18 November 2024.
End date: 22 August 2025 (subject to SRA timing of external exam)
SQE Exam Date: July 2025
February 2025:
Start date: Induction w/c 24 February 2025. Teaching commences w/c 24 February 2025
End date: 14 November 2025 (subject to SRA timing of external exam)
SQE Exam Date: October 2025
May 2025:
Start date: Induction w/c 27 May 2025. Teaching commences w/c 27 May 2025.
End date: 13 February 2026 (subject to SRA timing of external exam)
SQE Exam Date: January 2026
August 2025:
Start date: Induction w/c 18 August 2025. Teaching commences w/c 18 August 2025.
End date: 22 May 2026 (subject to SRA timing of external exam)
SQE Exam Date: April 2026
November 2025:
Start date: Induction w/c 17 November 2025. Teaching commences w/c 17 November 2025.
End date: 21 August 2026 (subject to SRA timing of external exam)
SQE Exam Date: July 2026
February 2026:
Start date: Induction w/c 23 February 2026. Teaching commences w/c 23 February 2026.
End date: 13 November 2026 (subject to SRA timing of external exam)
SQE Exam Date: October 2026
May 2026:
Start date: Induction w/c 25 May 2026. Teaching commences w/c 01 June 2026.
End date: 12 February 2027 (subject to SRA timing of external exam)
SQE Exam Date: January 2027
*Please note that for each intake date the eStore will close for enrolment at 17:00 on the Wednesday prior to the course start date*
Online campus: £4,650 (HK$47,900.00)
The course fee does not include the SRA’s SQE2 assessment fee, which is paid directly to the SRA. Please check the SRA website for current fees for exams and resits.
You can pay with one upfront payment or with six monthly instalments (part-time courses only).
Study manuals: eBooks are included in the course fee, and you’ll receive a 50% discount if you’d like to purchase print versions.
Offers and discounts
- SQE Bundle Offer: 50% off printed SQE Study Manuals when purchased together with an SQE Course (eBooks are included in the course fee) - discount applied at checkout.
- There is an additional £250 (HKD$2,500.00) Alumni loyalty scheme discount for The University of Law graduates.
Our SQE2 Exam Preparation Course is a short, intensive revision course, which will ensure you’re confident and prepared for the SQE2 assessments.
*Please note - Instalment payments are only available for students using our £GBP eStore.
There are no formal University of Law exams. There are mock SQE2 assessments throughout the course, to track your progress and help you prepare for the requirements of the real assessments.
This course does not lead to an academic award.
You will sit your written SQE assessments at Pearson VUE test centres in the UK and internationally and your oral SQE assessments at one of 4 locations in the UK.
For details on how to book, pay and receive your results for your SQE assessments, as well as request any reasonable adjustments, please visit the SRA website.
The 16 SQE2 assessments are each set in one of five practice areas studied in SQE1. The practice areas are:
- Criminal practice (including advising clients at the police station)
- Dispute resolution
- Property practice
- Wills and intestacy, probate administration and practice
- Business organisations, rules and procedures (including money laundering and financial services).
The SQE2 exam is divided into 2 parts – SQE2 Oral over two half days and SQE2 Written over three half days.
This course is available for Online study only.
Part-time: Online
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