LLM Legal Practice (SQE prep) (Taught)

Gain the professional skills and knowledge you need to go on to become a solicitor with our comprehensive preparation course.

Through the structured, academically rigorous and practical programme, you’ll be ready to take the Solicitors’ Qualifying Exam (SQE) once you complete the Masters.

Using real-world scenarios, you’ll practise interviewing clients, drafting advice for them and setting out a legal case. We’ll also cover advocacy skills and get you to present arguments in front of a judge in our mock courtrooms.

Assessments are designed to be authentic, developmental, and reflective of the modes of evaluation used in professional legal settings. Students are assessed through multiple-choice questions (MCQs), simulated client interviews, oral advocacy, legal drafting, written submissions, and a final research dissertation. These varied assessment types are carefully aligned to the learning outcomes of each module and to the SQE framework.

The programme adopts a progressive approach to assessment, encouraging students to demonstrate learning incrementally across modules while cultivating a reflective legal mindset. Peer engagement, structured formative feedback, and embedded opportunities for self-evaluation are core to the learning process. This holistic design ensures that students not only acquire the knowledge and skills required to qualify as solicitors, but also develop critical, reflective, and ethical awareness essential for lifelong learning and responsible legal practice.