Solicitors’ Practice Programme | City St George's, University of London

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Course summary

The Solicitors’ Practice Programme (SPP) prepares you for the Solicitors Qualifying Examinations (SQE) 1 and 2. It delivers comprehensive legal knowledge and practical skills training for the examinations within a realistic context. It also offers an LLM option, giving you a solid foundation for a career as a solicitor.

Benefits of this course
The Solicitors’ Practice Programme is designed for those aspiring to qualify as a solicitor in England and Wales.

Training to be a solicitor is an exciting, yet challenging undertaking. The Law School has been training solicitors for decades, many of whom have gone on to achieve prized positions in the legal world, so you can be assured that we have the ideal programme to help you excel in the SQE and prepare you for a career as a solicitor.

Over two 10-week terms, you will follow a carefully structured programme taught in small groups by qualified lawyers and covering the requisite material to prepare for the SQE 1 and SQE 2 respectively, equivalent to a Postgraduate Diploma.

You will have free-of-charge access to all course materials to prepare for the SQE for two years (including updates), even if you graduated on SPP.

If you select the Master of Laws (LLM) pathway, this will be followed by an additional five-week elective term and submission of a legal practice research project to deepen your understanding of an area of legal practice that is of particular interest to you.

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Postgraduate Open Evening - Clerkenwell Campus
3 Jun 2026, 15:45
London

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