Flexible SQE1 Prep Course: Qualify as a Solicitor

The Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) is a single, national licensing examination that all aspiring solicitors will take before qualifying into England and Wales. SQE Prep by BARBRI courses for the SQE1 are offered twice a year leading into the scheduled examinations. SQE1 is a computer-based exam that tests your functioning legal knowledge through multiple-choice questions—a specific skill that requires practice and expertise to master.

Personal Study Plan

Your tailored, flexible online BARBRI Personal Study Plan (PSP) guides every assignment and activity throughout your entire BARBRI SQE1 Prep course through an integrated Active Adaptive Legal Learning process.

Video lectures, workbooks and practice questions build knowledge over time to create a highly effective SQE1 Prep experience. For both online home study and blended classroom courses, your PSP delivers the right combination of substance and skills on a flexible schedule. All materials are recorded and available online through your PSP.

Recorded Video Lectures

The teaching materials and workshops are wholly examination-driven. They are carefully crafted to convey what you need to know in each subject. Materials are recorded and available to each candidate online throughout the programme.

Multiple-Choice Exam Expertise

BARBRI has more than 50-years’ experience in training candidates to master multiple-choice exam question techniques and skills. During your SQE1 Prep course, you will practice thousands of multiple-choice questions to master the techniques and outcomes tested on the SQE1 exam. Learning and practice question sets build in difficulty over time and utilise spaced repetition to boost learning and retention.

1:1 Learning Coaches

All SQE Prep students will be assigned an individual, personal Learning Coach. This is a qualified solicitor who will be mentoring you throughout your exam preparation. He or she will schedule personal, bi-weekly check-ins or meetings to see how you are progressing with your studies as well as conduct livestream workshops, provide tips, and help you with any problem areas including customising your course if necessary.

Bespoke Resource Books

Before starting the SQE1 prep course, each candidate is supplied with a full set of printed materials for their studies. These bespoke workbooks are written exclusively by our expert tutors for the subjects examined in the SQE1.

ISAAC – The Intuitive Study Assistant and Coach

ISAAC is the engine that runs your BARBRI prep course and gives it flexibility and personal touch to your individual learning pace, while maintaining your focus on the key areas of study. As you go through your course, ISAAC picks up on your progress, recalibrates and assigns you the most important and helpful material to guarantee your SQE success.

What you'll be tested on:

• Business Law and Practice (including taxation)
• Dispute Resolution
• Contract
• Tort
• The Legal System of England and Wales
• Constitutional & Administrative Law & EU Law
• Legal Services
• Property Practice (including taxation)
• Wills and the Administration of Estates (including taxation)
• Solicitors’ Accounts
• Land Law
• Trusts
• Criminal law and Practice

Ethics & Professional conduct examined pervasively

Non-law graduates or law graduates from a UK or non-UK university and who are currently in full-time employment.

You are not required to have a law degree to take this course, but you do need to hold any UK Undergraduate Degree, or be a qualified lawyer in a different jurisdiction.

A brief outline of the path to becoming a solicitor.

• Take SQE1 Prep Course
• Pass SQE1 Exam
• Take SQE2 Prep Course
• Pass SQE2 Exam
• Complete 2 years of Qualifying Work Experience at any point during/after SQE
• QWE to be completed at up to four workplaces and signed off by a qualified solicitor.
• Satisfy the SRA character and suitability requirements
• Be admitted to the roll of solicitors