SQE/Legal Practice LLM

Edge Hill University

LLM SQE/Legal Practice is designed to provide you with the skills and knowledge necessary to sit the Solicitors Qualification Exam (SQE1), as well as providing the opportunity for you to obtain an LLM in law. The qualification route to becoming a solicitor changed in 2022 and those wishing to enter the profession must now sit two sets of SQE examinations.

This course will prepare you for life in the legal profession and enhance your employment opportunities. If you are already working in the legal sector, the qualification will enhance your employment prospects and support your performance in your current role.

You will be equipped with the foundational knowledge that is required of a newly qualified solicitor to sit the first of the Solicitors Qualifying examinations (SQE1) as well as introducing you to the requirements of SQE2. You will study a mixture of practice-based and academic subjects delivered in partnership with BARBRI, an award-winning provider of professional legal education. In conjunction with BARBRI, you will explore core areas of functional legal knowledge and and learn how to apply this knowledge to the SQE 1 examination.

You will develop a high-level understanding and critical awareness of current problems in law. You will gradate with a range of transferable legal and personal skills including communication (oral and written), research, critical analysis, time management, teamwork, and applied problem solving.

Your future career

This course will prepare you to sit the first of the Solicitors Qualifying Examinations, which is the first stage of qualifying as a solicitor. SQE1 qualifications are required for those who want to practise as a solicitor in England and Wales and this course will ensure you acquire the skills necessary to sit the SQE1 examinations.

You will develop your overall knowledge and understanding of the SQE1 assessments. You’ll graduate with a set of transferable legal and personal skills, including effective learning, critical thinking, information retrieval and selection, applied problem solving, communication, and presentation.

LLM SQE/Legal Practice can also be used to support your transition into other professional services and is a route to a range of career opportunities in the legal sector such as a trainee solicitor, paralegal, legal executive or other legal professional.

Other graduates from this course may choose an academic path. You could go into specialist legal research or study for a PhD.