overseas partner institutions

Qualifying Work Experience
+ SQE training

We work with international parter organisations to deliver comprehensive training for the Solicitors Qualifying Exam and UK Qualifying Work Experience to allow international students to qualify as a solicitor in the Superior Courts of England and Wales.

We are proud
to work with…

SQE knowledge and skills

Cost:
SQE 1 - £1450 per student
SQE 2 - £850 per student

Institutional parters are required to recruit a minimum of 10 students per cohort.

Our bespoke SQE learning materials are developed by lawyers who have successfully passed the SQE assessments and training includes monthly workshops covering the entire SQE syllabus.

SQE 1 - FLK 1 and FLK 2

Legal system of England and Wales
Constitutional and administrative law including EU law
Contract
Tort
Land law
Ethics and professional conduct
Legal services
Solicitors accounts
Criminal law
Dispute Resolution
Business law
Wills and estates
Property transactions

SQE 2 - pratical skills

Oral advocacy skills
Written skills and drafting
Case and matter analysis
Legal research
Commercial skills for lawyers

INTENSIVE International COURSES

Students can top up their knowledge and skills through our optional intensive in-person combined SQE 1 and SQE 2 preparation courses in Bali, Indonesia.

BALI, INDOENSIA - 10 days

8 hours per day of tuition and skills workshops, accommodation at Outpost Ubud, transfers, meals, drinks and excursions.
£1645 per student

*flights are not included. Overseas courses can only be booked once students have completed the QWE primer course and joined the Sequentus casework team.

IN-COUNTRY TRAINING

We are able to offer in-country training for larger groups of students. Please contact us for more information.

Skills training for legal work experience

Cost: Inluded in our QWE administration fee

Over the course of eight weeks, quickly gain the professional skills needed to tackle complex real-world cases, either to increase your employability and secure additional work experience in a law firm… or gain QWE within Sequentus.

LIVE ONLINE workshops - 12 hours

2 x 4 hour skills workshops
6 x 1 hour supervision meetings and workshops

Online learning and self study

Comprehensive online learning materials, plus casework-related research, drafting tasks, advocacy exercises and multiple choice questions (MCQs) to support your learning.

Live Casework

Undertake assessed work on two pro bono client cases to reinforce your learning and pass the course.

Opportunities to work on UK cases

Cost:
£9000

Our fees are charged per cohort of 10 students and cover the administration costs in managing QWE opportunities and leasing with partner organisations.

Students who successfully complete our QWE primer course join our pro bono casework team, with access to a varied range of work experience preparing cases for hearings. The ultimate goal is for students to manage your own caseload, advise clients and undertake advocacy work.

Students choose

Students decide how much (or how little) work they can take on each month, based on their other commitments.

recording QWE experience

Our innovative QWE recording system keeps track of students’ QWE hours, mapped against the SRA competency framework.

official sign off

At the end of each student’s time with Sequentus their Qualifying Work Experience will be signed off by their supervising solicitor through the MySRA hub.

About us

As a not-for-profit our goal is simple – to provide flexible legal training and work experience to people from non-traditional backgrounds so that they can fulfil their potential and qualify as a solicitor in England and Wales.

Over the past six years our team has trained thousands of aspiring lawyers in casework methodology, giving them the knowledge and skills to complete meaningful work on client cases. This expertise is distilled into our QWE and SQE programmes.

We’re proud that our innovative model ensures that clients who would otherwise be denied access to justice can rely on a highly-focussed team of qualified and trainee lawyers, while students get access to the most dynamic and exciting real-life qualifying work experience imaginable.

Joining Sequentus means being part of a community, learning not only legal skills, but the commercial acumen to truly succeed as a practitioner. That’s not just a bold claim…as a team we are living proof of what is possible.

NEXT sTEPS

If you think your institution could benefit from our expertise and opportunities please do get in touch!

Benjamin Bardell
Progamme Manager – Legal Education ben@sequentus.org

OUR ADDRESS

Sequentus Limited
124 City Road
London EC1V 2NX

Contact us

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Company details

We’re registered in England under number 14201467 as a company limited by guarantee and not-for-profit. We do not undertake reserved legal work as set out in s.12 Legal Services Act 2007.

Qualifying Work Experience + SQE training