The purpose of the QLTS is to assess foreign qualified lawyers. The purpose of the SQE is similar, but the SQE will assess all aspiring solicitors, whether UK university law graduates, non-law graduates, apprentices, legal executives, paralegals, or foreign qualified lawyers, regardless of their background. The QLTS is quickly coming to an end, and we're going out with a bang! There's only 1 MCT and 3 OSCE sittings left before the introduction of the SQE. To give everyone the opportunity to qualify under the QLTS route, we've slashed the prices on all our training courses! If you were thinking about sitting the QLTS this year, this is your last. QLTS School helps you pass the QLTS assessments so that you can dual-qualify as an English solicitor, whatever your calendar and wherever your location. Why Take the QLTS Course with us? When you take a course with QLTS School, we don't settle for ‘adequate' preparation – minimum exam standards are just the base level.
Following are the books I have bought for QLTS purpose:1) Unlocking Criminal Law
Sra Qlts
3) Unlocking Torts
4) Unlocking Trusts
5) Unlocking Human Rights
6) Core text series on Contracts
7) Core text series on Constitutional and Administrative Law
8) Core text series on Company Law
9) St James Place Tax Guide
10) Conversion Course Companion for Law
11) Key Facts and Key Cases Series on Law
12) Law in a Nutshell series
3) Unlocking Torts
4) Unlocking Trusts
5) Unlocking Human Rights
6) Core text series on Contracts
7) Core text series on Constitutional and Administrative Law
8) Core text series on Company Law
9) St James Place Tax Guide
10) Conversion Course Companion for Law
11) Key Facts and Key Cases Series on Law
12) Law in a Nutshell series
13) Business Law by Oxford University Press
14) Foundation for Legal Practice Course by Oxford University Press
15) Accounts for Solicitors by College of Law Publishing
16) English Legal System by Ward and Akhtar
The above texts deal with the core aspects of law, accounting and professional ethics relevant for 1st stage (Click here or here to see the outcomes for this stage; Part A is relevant here).
I have also bought the following books in addition:
1) Civil Litigation published by Oxford University Press
2) Criminal Litigation published by Oxford University Press
3) Property Law and Practice published by College of Law Publishing
4) Lawyers' Skills published by Oxford University Press
5) Advocacy published by Oxford University Press
6) Conference Skills published by Oxford University Press
7) Drafting published by Oxford University Press
8) Opinion Writing published by Oxford University Press
9) Case Presentation published by Oxford University Press
10) Legal Practice Course Companion by Motogue and Weston
These books are relevant for 2nd and 3rd Stage (Click here to see the outcomes for these stages; Part C, D and F are relevant). But, they deal with the procedural / practical aspects of law and therefore cannot be read in isolation. They should be read along the books listed for 1st stage which deal with the substantive law :(
You dont have to be baffled by the number of books involved. You should know what to read and how much read in each book (Easier said than done!!). Some books may require in-depth study (eg Unlocking Land Law) and some only a cursory glance (eg Conference Skills). A thorough understanding of the day-1 outcomes prescribed by the SRA will guide you through this mysterious journey.
I am not recommending any book as there are many which are equally good or even better than the ones I have bought. I picked these books and will rely on them, for: (a) most of them are written for students, (b) many of them are prescribed texts for law degree / diploma, etc, (c) I got them cheap on the internet (all are used ones and I got many for a penny! Check out amazon.co.uk and you may also find few good bargains). You can buy any book written for students as they all come in reasonable size which is important for focused preparation.
I will keep posting summaries, important facts, cases, my analysis etc as I keep reading these books for your benefit. If I bump into any useful reading materials on the net, I will post them here. So keep checking for my posts.
I ALSO ENCOURAGE VISITORS TO USE ‘COMMENTS' SECTION TO POST ADDITIONAL READING MATERIALS, MCQs etc, SO THAT THEY CAN BENEFIT ALL.
Before you leave this page, click here for the sample questions relevant for QLTS exams.
Regulator remains hopeful assessment will go ahead in November as planned
Law schools have begun welcoming their first groups of students who will go on to qualify via the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) pathway, as the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) revealed it's 'looking closely' at the options for delivering the new centralised assessments online in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
With the first super-exams scheduled to take place in early November, a number of legal education providers have officially begun their respective prep courses online.
The University of Law (ULaw) welcomed its first cohort of students on to its SQE Law Essentials Course, a part-time programme for non-law graduates to help them prepare for its SQE1 prep course. Similar to the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL), the 16-week online offering covers key topics including contract, tort, crime, land, trusts, and constitutional and administrative law. Its SQE1 prep course is anticipated to start in July/August 2021.
Elsewhere, BARBRI launched its SQE1 prep course this week, with aspiring lawyers attending their first virtual lectures. It confirmed it has 280 students enrolled so far, around half of which hold an undergraduate law degree.
The other major market player, BPP University Law School, secured the contract to provide SQE prep courses to future trainees at a group of influential City law firms known as the ‘consortium'. It also launched an SQE-slanted Law Conversion Course (PGDL) in September of last year.
Qualified Lawyer Transfer Scheme
Other legal education players gearing up to welcome SQEers include Nottingham Law School, the College of Legal Practice, City University Law School, QLTS School and the Law Training Centre.
News of the first SQE students comes as the SRA's director of education and training, Julie Brannan, revealed during an online webinar that the regulator is 'looking closely' at online assessment options in response to lockdown restraints, but that it remained 'hopeful' they would go ahead in November as planned.
Brannan — who will speaking at The SQE Sessions, a virtual event to mark the start of the super-exam's launch year — said:
'Even if some restrictions remain in force in late 2021 and 2022, we have demonstrated through the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme that we can successfully deliver examinations very similar to SQE, effectively and safely. Social distancing and other protective measures were put in place to make sure that the QLTS examinations which ran in the second half of 2020 were safe for candidates.'
The SQE, which will replace the Legal Practice Course (LPC), received the green light from the Legal Services Board in the autumn.
Legal Cheek is hosting an afternoon of virtual seminars to mark the start of the SQE launch year. Casino night san diego. The SQE Sessions takes place next Thursday (28 January), and tickets are available to purchase now.
