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SQE2 Preparation Course Online
It's not too late to start our SQE2 Preparation Course this January. The booking deadline is Monday 6 January 2025 at 12:00 (UK time).
This course is for those who wish to qualify as a solicitor in England and Wales with the SQE pathway. This course will prepare you for the SRA’s centralised SQE2 skills assessments, which will test the practical legal skills of client interviewing, advocacy, legal writing, drafting and research, and case and matter analysis. It is part of our suite of SQE courses.
This course is designed for those who’ve completed SQE1 training, such as our SQE1 Preparation Course.
Includes our SQE2 Exam Preparation Course for free*.
Key Facts
Entry requirements
None required. However, the SRA requires a degree (or equivalent) to qualify as a solicitor.
Entry requirementsDuration options
6 weeks full-time
18 weeks part-time
Is this Course right for you?
You can still qualify as a solicitor with the current route. Contact us on [email protected] or call +44(0)1483 405679
Course Details
SQE2 Preparation Course Online
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 this 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 – studying at our online campus gives you the opportunity to work at your own pace and around your other commitments, within given deadlines, and at your preferred time of day, with the benefit of our expertise, experience and employability focus
- Our online programmes will save you the time and money on commuting to and from campus and allow you to study anywhere, across devices, however you can be reassured that the course won’t be compromised on quality or be less demanding than our on campus courses
- 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.
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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
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Intake |
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SQE2 exam |
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November 2024 |
Part-time |
April 2025 |
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January 2025 |
Full-time |
July 2025 |
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January 2025 |
Part-time |
October 2025 |
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May 2025 |
Full-time |
October 2025 |
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June 2025 |
Part-time |
January 2026 |
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July 2025 |
Full-time |
January 2026 |
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July 2025 |
Part-time |
April 2026 |
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October 2025 |
Full-time |
April 2026 |
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November 2025 |
Part-time |
July 2026 |
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January 2026 |
Full-time |
July 2026 |
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February 2026 |
Part-time |
October 2026 |
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May 2026 |
Full-time |
October 2026 |
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May 2026 |
Part-time |
January 2027 |
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 a one and a half hour online based unit where students will be asked to apply the knowledge they have acquired in the Prepare stage.
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
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SQE2 Preparation Course
- Full-time: Online
February 2025
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SQE2 Preparation Course
- Part-time: Online
January 2026
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SQE2 Preparation Course
- Full-time: Online
February 2026
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SQE2 Preparation Course
- Part-time: Online
Course requirements
The course demands show you the requirements, prior knowledge and commitments our course will involve.
Study On Campus
You can also study this course at one of our campuses across the UK. If you’re looking for a more traditional university experience, why not consider studying on campus?
Course Information
With many options for when you can study, you can be sure to find a start date to suit your needs.
There are no formal ULaw exams. There are regular practice assessments with feedback to help you prepare for the requirements of the real assessments.
This course does not lead to an academic award. However, students who successfully pass the SQE2 assessments will accumulate 30 credits, which can be applied towards an award under the University’s Recognition of External Assessments Policy.
You will sit your SQE assessments at Pearson VUE test centres in the UK and internationally. For details on how to book, pay and receive your results for your SQE assessments, as well as request any reasonable adjustments, please visit the SRA website on https://sqe.sra.org.uk.
SQE2 involves approximately 14 hours of skills assessments over five half days. There are 16 written and oral tasks covering the six legal skills:
- client interviewing including a linked attendance note/legal analysis
- advocacy
- case and matter analysis, including negotiation planning
- legal research
- legal writing
- legal drafting
The assessments are set in the practice areas of:
- criminal practice (including advising clients at the police station)
- dispute resolution
- property practice
- wills and intestacy, probate administration and practice
- business organisations, rules and procedures (including money laundering and financial services)
Employability We Set You Up For Success
We care about your career, which is why we offer support with job applications and other work experience opportunities as soon as you accept your place.
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Fees and Booking
- You may also be interested in our LLM Legal Practice (SQE1&2) which includes all our SQE preparation courses, leads to a master’s qualification, and could qualify for postgraduate funding.
- If you’re a non-law graduate, you may be interested in our law conversion courses: PGDL, MA Law (SQE1), SQE Law Essentials (Online).
There are no entry requirements for this course, but the SRA requires you to pass SQE1 before attempting SQE2.
The course fee does not include the SQE2 assessment fee.
2024/25 Course Fee (for courses starting on or after 1 July 2024):
£4,650 (UK)
This course does not qualify for postgraduate funding. We have alternative courses with postgraduate funding including our LLM Legal Practice (SQE1&2).
Offers and discounts
- There is an additional £250 SQE Prep Alumni Discount for ULaw graduates.
- Free SQE2 Exam Preparation Course*. Saving you £1,000.
- Study manuals: eBooks are included in the course fee, and you’ll receive a 50% discount if you’d like to purchase print versions.
- You can pay with one upfront payment or with monthly instalments..
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