University partnerships

We help university faculties to understand the practicalities around their transition to the SQE. See how we can help you.

How we support universities

The University Partnerships team at BARBRI Global provide SQE and US Bar solutions for Higher Education partners across the UK. Through progression agreements and course licensing arrangements, we provide SQE content for LLB, LLM and apprenticeship programmes for students in all circumstances.

We also provide strategic consultancy on course development and a range of employability lectures and workshops for students on subjects from the SQE to legal technology. We also have a range of new content in development on wider professional education and development themes to offer our university partners.

If you would like to speak to one of our team, please contact us. We look forward to supporting you and your team to embrace the challenges and opportunities for legal education in the 21^st century.

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Our university partners

Our licensing partners

See below the current list of universities who are partnering with us to incorporate the BARBRI SQE1 prep software in a master’s programme:

These Legal Practice LLM and MSc courses all include the BARBRI SQE Prep software, digital workbooks, video lectures, 3,000+ multiple choice questions with detailed explanatory answers and mock exams to help you prepare for your SQE1 examination, with an introduction to the legal skills tested in the SQE2 exam.

If you’re from a law faculty and you’d like to partner with BARBRI to embed the SQE in your degree programme, please reach out to Chris.Howard@barbri.com.

Case studies

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Anglia Ruskin University welcomes students to new LLM with SQE Prep

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How Edge Hill University prepares future lawyers for the modern world

De Montfort University launches new LLM SQE programme

How King’s College London ensures law degrees remain relevant

BARBRI SQE pass rates

We're pushing the boundary on legal education and the results are real. Our SQE1 pass rate of 79% significantly exceeds the industry average pass rate of 53% and our SQE2 pass rate of 85% exceeds the industry average pass rate of 64%.

And our sponsored students perform even better. Here are the results...

SQE1

Pass rate with 90% (or more) of PSP complete

Average pass rate for BARBRI sponsored students

Industry average pass rate, SRA (Jan 2024)

SQE2

Pass for BARBRI Alumni

Average pass rate for BARBRI sponsored students

Industry average pass rate, SRA (Jan 2024)

PSP = Personal Study Plan. These results are based on BARBRI students reporting their pass rates across all sittings. Updated on 9 April 2024.

News for university law schools

BARBRI and Hall & Stott Publishing collaborate

March 19, 2024

BARBRI University Partnerships: Autumn Update

November 27, 2023

Edge Hill University to deliver SQE1 Prep to Master’s students

June 30, 2023

Watch our on-demand webinar recordings

We help university faculties to understand the practicalities around their transition to the SQE.

Integrating Legal Education and Training through Apprenticeships and Experiential Learning

November, 2023

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Employability and SQE Insights for LLM Students

May, 2024

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Our University Partnership team

Chris Howard

University Partnership Director

chris.howard@barbri.com

Chris qualified as a solicitor with Trowers & Hamlins’s award-winning Projects & Construction Team. In 2006 he began his career in academia and has held Senior Lectureships and Programme Leadership roles in several HE institutions, including four years as Director of Professional Education at King's College London. He joined BARBRI Global in 2023 and also serves as Co-Vice Chair of the IBA’s Future of Legal Services Commission.

Shashagay Mcintosh

University Partnerships Account Manager

Shashagay.mcintosh@barbri.com

Shashagay has worked at BARBRI for 2 years after completing her master’s in legal practice. She has over 7 years’ experience in customer services and has worked to educate aspiring solicitors about their legal qualification pathway in her previous role as a Sales Executive/Legal Education Sales Consultant. Shashagay now supports our university partners across the UK to drive awareness.

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