SQE/Legal Practice LLM

The LLM SQE/Legal Practice is expertly designed if you want to qualify as a solicitor via the Solicitors Qualifying Exams (SQE) route whilst also gaining a Masters in Legal Practice. The programme provides you with the knowledge and skills needed to sit the Solicitors Qualifying Exams (SQE1 and SQE2) and prepares you for life in the legal profession.

If you want to prepare for the SQEs and develop your wider employability skills then this is the course for you.

Delivered in partnership with BARBRI, an award-winning provider of professional legal education, you will study a mixture of online and in-person modules designed to prepare you for a career as a solicitor.

The programme is also supported by an extensive offering of extra-curricular activities including opportunities to gain work placements that will develop your employability skills and can contribute to the 2 years of Qualifying Work Experience (QWE) needed to qualify as a solicitor.

Your future career

Employability is embedded throughout this course, helping you to prepare not only for your SQE examinations but your future career in the legal profession.

Whilst the programme is tailored towards students wishing to pursue a career as a solicitor, the programme will provide you with a broad range of transferable skills, allowing you to embark on career opportunities in legal and non-legal sectors.

As a School we are committed to enhancing your employability and helping you to finding the right career path for you. That means career development opportunities are embedded into your programme or offered through extra-curricular activities.

We offer a wide range of extracurricular activities to enhance your skills and provide you with real-life experience; this may include: work placements, commercial awareness workshops, bespoke careers fairs, alumni panels, and guest speakers. You will also be able to participate in our numerous internal mooting and negotiation competitions, making use of our in-house Moot Court and Law Clinic, and external competitions, such as the Jessup International Law Moot, CEDR National Student Negotiation Competition and Sports Arbitration Moot.

All of these opportunities allow you to network with employers, gain real-world experience and develop your graduate attributes – the skills needed for employment.

We will also encourage you to make use of the excellent support available through our University’s Careers Team, whether that be career guidance, CV and application writing, help searching for part-time work or support when applying for graduate roles.

Joining our School means you’re therefore supported not just with your academic studies but with your career journey too and we cannot wait to watch you flourish!