This Solicitors Practice Course is an academic LLM program with the dual purpose of helping students in the process of qualifying as a solicitor in England and Wales.

To qualify as a solicitor, most students must (1) sit the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) centralized assessment, the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), (2) undertake a 2-year period of Qualifying Work Experience (QWE), and (3) pass the SRA’s Character and Suitability test.

SQE itself is divided into two parts:

SQE1 - the assessment of functioning legal knowledge (FLK) SQE2 - assessing a range of legal skills. Student's studies on the Solicitors Practice Course at Cardiff will allow them to explore a range of legal subjects. They will have the opportunity to develop their critical thinking skills and their ability to evaluate so that they are able to apply the knowledge they acquire to client-facing problems. This will also provide them with an in-depth preparation for the external SQE1 assessment and for their QWE with a law firm or other employer.

They will have the opportunity to acquire and hone valuable legal skills through a process of reflection and refinement that will support their progress toward a professional career in the legal sector. This will also provide a base level for their future sit of the external SQE2 assessment.