Guide
Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE)
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has introduced a new route to qualifying as a solicitor: the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). What do you need to do to qualify with the SQE?
21 Sep 2021
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Read our SQE guidance explaining what you can expect from this route to qualification:
- overview: SQE requirements and cost
- SQE assessments: what they cover and how they're run
- SQE preparation courses
- funding the SQE
- qualifying work experience (QWE)
- qualifying work experience (QWE) for paralegals
- qualifying from abroad to work in the UK
- re-qualifying in England and Wales, a guide for international lawyers
- transitional arrangements: what you need to know if you've started on other routes
- Welsh language SQE
- useful SQE resources
- apprenticeships: an alternative route to qualification
Preparing for the SQE
The SQE is substantially modelled on the qualified lawyers transfer scheme (QLTS), which was the previous fast track route for foreign lawyers seeking admission as solicitors in England and Wales.
Our commercial sponsor QLTS School offers SQE preparation courses, which are based on textbooks, summary notes, practice questions, digital flash cards, videos and mock tests.
To get an idea as to what to expect when taking the exam, you can also access free SQE mock tests.