SQE2 Preparation Course

Course Details

SQE2 Preparation Course

You will develop the legal skills of interviewing, advocacy, case and matter analysis, legal research, legal writing and drafting in order to sit SQE2 and be ready for Qualifying Work Experience (QWE) and practice.

This course will prepare you for the SRA’s centralised SQE2 assessments.

Why choose the SQE2 Preparation Course?

• Adaptive and personalised learner journey, using our dynamic learning model: Prepare, Engage, Consolidate (PEC), covering all skills assessed by the SRA in SQE2.
• Confidence for the assessments, with plenty of practise in the exact type of oral and written skills assessments you’ll face. Our intelligent revision app, ULawSQE, will help you consolidate and revise the practice contexts within which the SQE2 assessments are based, so you’ll feel fully prepared and know exactly what to expect.
• Benefit from our extensive experience in helping students develop the skills that will be assessed in SQE2.
• In depth lecturer guidance and support from our experienced lecturers, who are all practitioners. Your lecturer will monitor your progress and give you weekly individual feedback, so you’ll know where to focus.
• Enjoy flexibility - We understand that everyone’s circumstances are different. That’s why we offer a wide range of study modes (full-time, part-time, on campus, online) across our courses to provide you with the greatest choice and flexibility you need to succeed in your studies. 
• Brand new resources, developed specifically for SQE2 by our expert lecturers. You’ll be provided with all course materials, including practice questions, our intelligent revision app to revise the practice areas in which the SQE2 assessments are set, and bespoke online study manuals specifically written for SQE2.
• Experience of working in practice. You’ll learn in the context of our virtual law firm, ULaw LLP. ULaw LLP replicates the working environment of a law firm and students perform real world tasks on simulated cases, deals and transactions, as if they were in the office.
• Support for your career. You’ll have access to ULaw’s award-winning Employability Service, for information, advice, practical experience and links to the profession to help you to succeed in your career. Available at all of our campuses, the Employability Team will help you achieve your career and work experience goals.

• We have a vast network in the legal industry and deliver training to 91 of the top 100 law firms, with exclusive relationships with 61 of the top UK law firms and many of the most prestigious US firms.

Not sure if this course is right for you? Download our free guide, An SQE Course for Everyone, to find your path to becoming a solicitor.

*All eligible cohorts contacted, results based on student responses.

SQE Exam Dates

Full access to the SQE app

Students studying our SQE2 Preparation Course will receive full access to our intelligent SQE revision app ULaw SQE. The app is designed to help prepare and embed your Functioning Legal Knowledge (FLK).

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Course Structure

Modules

You will develop the six SQE2 practical legal skills of interviewing, advocacy, case and matter analysis, legal research, legal writing and drafting in order to sit SQE2 and be ready for practice.

• Interviewing. Planning for and conducting an interview with a client, producing an attendance note recording a client interview and initial legal analysis.
• Advocacy/Persuasive Oral Communication. Planning for and conducting a piece of advocacy before a judge.
• Case and matter analysis. Producing a written report to a partner giving a legal analysis of a case and providing client-focused advice.
• Practical Legal Research. Conducting legal research from a variety of resources, and producing a written report.
• Legal Writing. Producing a letter or email as the solicitor acting in a matter, which clearly and correctly applies the law and is appropriate to the recipient.
• Legal Drafting. Producing a piece of drafting using a precedent, or amending a document.

Functioning Legal Knowledge (FLK) is a significant part of the SQE2 exam and this course is designed for those who have already studied FLK by completing SQE1 training, such as on our SQE1 Preparation Course or as a result of studying on the LPC, and will not be taught on this course.

There are six units per week throughout the course (two units per week in the part-time courses). Each unit follows our unique dynamic learning model: Prepare, Engage, Consolidate (PEC).

Prepare. You will spend approximately six hours per unit preparing using the University’s virtual learning environment (VLE) where all the resources will be accessible. The Prepare stage includes a rich mixture of learning activities including manual reading, demonstrations, multi-media, preparatory tasks and test your knowledge quizzes.

Engage. The Engage stage involves six, 90-minute classroom based and tutor facilitated face to face workshops where you will be asked to practice and apply the skills you have started to acquire in the Prepare stage. You will have nine contact hours per week with tutors (three hours per week on the part-time course).

Consolidate. You will complete the Consolidate stage using our VLE. This stage will involve short consolidation learning activities focusing on practising the SQE2 skills and regular practice context and foundation law revision tests using our intelligent revision app to refresh the knowledge required for the SQE2 assessments.

The course will also help you prepare for Qualifying Work Experience (QWE) as a trainee solicitor, by helping you to develop the practical legal skills required for practice.

Throughout the course there are regular practice assessments with feedback to help you prepare for the requirements of the real assessments.

Course Start Dates

January 2025

• SQE2 Preparation Course
  • Full-time: Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Egham (Royal Holloway), Exeter, Leeds, Liverpool, London Bloomsbury, London Moorgate, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Reading, Sheffield and Southampton
  • Part-time: Birmingham, Bristol, Egham (Royal Holloway), Exeter, Leeds, Liverpool, London Bloomsbury, London Moorgate, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Reading and Sheffield
  • Part-time Day: Birmingham, Bristol, Egham (Royal Holloway), Exeter, Leeds, Liverpool, London Bloomsbury, London Moorgate, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Reading, Sheffield and Southampton
  • Part-time Evening: London Bloomsbury and Manchester
  • Part-time Weekend: Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Leeds, London Bloomsbury, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield

February 2025

• SQE2 Preparation Course
  • Part-time Day: Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Leeds, Liverpool, London Bloomsbury, London Moorgate, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Reading, Sheffield and Southampton
  • Part-time Evening: London Bloomsbury and Manchester
  • Part-time Weekend: Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Leeds, London Bloomsbury, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield

January 2026

• SQE2 Preparation Course
  • Full-time: Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Egham (Royal Holloway), Exeter, Leeds, Liverpool, London Bloomsbury, London Moorgate, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Reading, Sheffield and Southampton
  • Part-time: Birmingham, Bristol, Egham (Royal Holloway), Exeter, Leeds, Liverpool, London Bloomsbury, London Moorgate, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Reading and Sheffield
  • Part-time Day: Birmingham, Bristol, Egham (Royal Holloway), Exeter, Leeds, Liverpool, London Bloomsbury, London Moorgate, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Reading, Sheffield and Southampton
  • Part-time Evening: London Bloomsbury and Manchester
  • Part-time Weekend: Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Leeds, London Bloomsbury, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield

February 2026

• SQE2 Preparation Course
  • Part-time Day: Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Leeds, Liverpool, London Bloomsbury, London Moorgate, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Reading, Sheffield and Southampton
  • Part-time Evening: London Bloomsbury and Manchester
  • Part-time Weekend: Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Leeds, London Bloomsbury, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield

May 2026

• SQE2 Preparation Course
  • Full-time: Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Egham (Royal Holloway), Exeter, Leeds, Liverpool, London Bloomsbury, London Moorgate, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Reading, Sheffield and Southampton
  • Part-time: Birmingham, Bristol, Egham (Royal Holloway), Exeter, Leeds, Liverpool, London Bloomsbury, London Moorgate, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Reading and Sheffield
  • Part-time Day: Birmingham, Bristol, Egham (Royal Holloway), Exeter, Leeds, Liverpool, London Bloomsbury, London Moorgate, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Reading, Sheffield and Southampton
  • Part-time Evening: London Bloomsbury and Manchester
  • Part-time Weekend: Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Leeds, London Bloomsbury, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield

Online

Study SQE2 Preparation Course Online starting January 2025, February 2025, January 2026, February 2026 or May 2026