MA Law (SQE1)

Program Overview

The MA Law (SQE1) Online program is a law conversion course at Master's level, designed for non-law graduates to qualify as solicitors. It includes our SQE1 Preparation Course, four weeks of guaranteed Qualifying Work Experience (QWE), and is taught by qualified lawyers through workshops, online tutorials, and self-study. Successful completion qualifies students to progress to the SQE2 Preparation Course and become a solicitor.

Program Outline

The course is designed for non-law graduates who want to qualify as a solicitor and gain a legal qualification at Master’s level. As an internationally recognised qualification, a Law Master’s is a great addition to your portfolio. This course is a great introduction to law if you hold an undergraduate degree in another discipline. Successful completion of the MA Law (SQE1) also qualifies you to progress on to study the SQE2 Preparation Course to become a solicitor.

Outline:

Required pre-course study:

• The English Legal System & Constitutional Law (including EU Law) module requires 25 hours of pre-course study, through guided units with all materials provided online.

Modules:

• English Legal System and Constitutional Law (including EU Law) (15 credits)
• Tort Law (15 credits)
• Contract Law (15 credits)
• Criminal Law (15 credits)
• Administrative Law and Human Rights (15 credits)
• Land Law (15 credits)
• Trusts (15 credits)
• Law of Organisations (15 credits)
• Skills and Behaviours (non-credit-bearing)
• SQE1 (60 credits):
• Functioning Legal Knowledge (FLK) 1 (Business, Legal Services, Dispute Resolution)
• Functioning Legal Knowledge (FLK) 2 (Property Law and Practice, Wills, Solicitors’ Accounts, Criminal Practice)

Course Structure:

• Each taught module comprises of workshops and incorporates streamed lectures or media.
• We provide you with a structured approach to your learning, with a clear and easy to navigate online learning platform (Blackboard ELITE), supported by our dedicated academic, administrative, design and development teams to ensure you have the very best learning experience.
• Class contact time is combined with online tutorials, online Single Best Answer Questions (SBAQs) and self-study from study manuals and online research.
• The learning model is based around undertaking activities in the workshops (or equivalent online activities) to develop both knowledge and key skills
• The Skills and Behaviours module will comprise of workshops spread over all semesters.
• The SQE1 Preparation Course will be delivered as a blended learning programme, including face to face workshop delivery, and also online

Course Start Dates:

• September 2024
• January 2025

Qualifying Work Experience (QWE):

• As part of the new SQE route to practice, you must complete two years of Qualifying Work Experience (QWE) which can be completed with up to four employers.
• How it works:
• Throughout the programme you’ll get to put the theory and skills you have learnt into practice.
You’ll be able to demonstrate your ability to deal with a number of processes such as triaging, conflict checks, familiarisation with Case Management Systems, client meetings and interviews, drafting letters, research and ensuring solicitor competencies.
• The other 60% will vary according to the module.
These will include:
• online open book examination
• coursework
• oral presentation.
• SQE1 will be assessed by centralised assessments introduced by the SRA, not by the University of Law.
These assessment are an essential requirement to qualify as a solicitor in England and Wales. Students will sit multiple practice tests throughout the programme to help prepare for these assessments.
• You will sit your SQE assessments at Pearson VUE test centres in the UK and internationally.
• Please note: you must successfully pass the external SQE1 assessments, and provide us with your results, to receive a Master’s award.

Teaching:

• Taught by qualified lawyers, with lectures and practical workshops to develop your legal skills, so you’ll know what to expect in a real-life work environment.
You’ll be provided with all course materials, including:
• an extensive bank of practice exam questions
• ULaw SQE – our intelligent revision app provides practice tests and feedback
• brand new online study manuals.

Careers:

• Many employers value the combination of a non-law undergraduate area of expertise combined with the solid grounding in core legal principles and legal skills, provided by a law conversion course.
• Through studying another degree subject, and building your career in a different discipline, you will have gained many transferable skills.
By choosing law at a later stage, you are showing motivation and determination to pursue a new career.
• With one of the largest legal careers services in the UK, ULaw gives you the support and the Qualifying Work Experience (QWE) opportunities you need to make the best start in your legal career.

Other:

• This course develops the key intellectual and personal skills required by lawyers, alongside skills required to pass professional examinations for qualification as a solicitor.
• All modules focus on combining knowledge and understanding of core areas of law with the ability to analyse, evaluate and form critical judgements about the law.
Study is centred on practical activities that enable students to learn by doing.
• Alongside academic modules, students will engage in a Skills and Behaviours module, allowing you to recognise and develop key professional and personal attributes necessary to thrive as a lawyer in a work environment, and to manage your career.
• The SQE1 Preparation Course will also prepare you for the SQE1 assessments, which will test your FLK.
• On successful completion of this course, including the SQE1 assessments, you will gain an internationally recognised Master’s qualification.
• 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.
• Our years of experience in training more practising lawyers in the UK than any other law school has helped our students go on to succeed in law, business, politics and more.
We believe in training students for the real world from the moment they accept a place with us. 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.
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Fees and Funding Please note: The SQE assessment fee is not included in this course fee. 2024/25 Course Fee (for courses starting on or after 1 July 2024): UK: £15,100, Hong Kong: HK$155,550