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What is the SQE, the route to qualifying as a solicitor?

Since 2021 the path to becoming a solicitor in England and Wales runs through a single national exam. How the SQE works and what it replaced.

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Barristers and solicitors: what is the difference?

England and Wales splits its legal profession in two. What each branch actually does, how they are regulated and where the old dividing lines have blurred.

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Partner hiring market stays competitive heading into autumn

Firms continue to pay up for laterals in disputes, restructuring and energy, even as some practices quietly trim less profitable teams to protect partner profits.

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