Does cramming for your law exams really work?
Cramming for exams has been around since the dinosaurs walked the earth (ok, maybe not quite THAT long, but it’s hardly a new concept!). The question still remains though -...
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How to answer MCQs
Like them or loathe them it seems as if there’s no getting away from assessment by multiple choice questions or MCQs these days. If you’re going to do the SQE...
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Ouch SQE results are out…
SQE results are here…. and they make for rather grim reading. The overall pass percentage was 53%, not so far off the average for the LPC but the pass rate...
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Law Students’ 2-Minute Guide to the SQE
New information on the SQE is trickling out all the time. The SRA have recently posted a series of webinars on this with more information on dates, costs and venues....
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How to apply for SQE1
Great news for all SQE students - you can now book for the first SQE1 sittings. Here is how…
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Law Students’ 2-Minute Guide to the SQE
New information on the SQE is trickling out all the time. The SRA have recently posted a series of webinars on this with more information on dates, costs and venues....
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The secret to answering SQE questions
The SQE’s multiple choice questions (MCQs) can be tricky to answer. Answering MCQs requires you to learn a particular exam technique, in which you slow down and look out for...
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Top tips for answering law MCQs
Love them or hate them, the fact is that MCQs – multiple choice questions – are going to be a key part of your legal exams. The new Solicitors Qualifying...
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Will the SQE achieve its aim of diversifying the profession?
One of the SRA’s stated aims in shaking up legal education was to improve diversity in the solicitors’ profession. The logic was that, by removing the need to take and...
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Are there going to be SQE preparatory courses?
In last week’s blog on the SQE, we discussed whether the SQE might kill off the training contract. The SQE certainly looks like a big shake up of legal education....
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Will the SQE kill the training contract?
The Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) might shake that all up. Rather than prescribing a course that students need to take, the SQE sets a new centralised, standardised exam. This is...
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Don't be in the 71% that fail!
The SRA has just released its annual quality assurance report which shows the LPC and GDL pass rates at different law schools. Pass rates differ hugely between law schools.Over the...