Course summary
Continue your legal journey with our SQE Law Essentials course, designed for early stage legal professionals who wish to reinforce their legal knowledge, or individuals who have studied law previously and wish to update their knowledge. This short, online conversion course will give you the essential academic legal knowledge required for SQE1 and a solid grounding in core legal principles. This course prepares you to take our SQE1 Preparation Course or LLM Legal Practice (SQE1&2) to qualify as a solicitor within England and Wales. SQE Law Essentials focuses on two key skills: technical legal knowledge, and the skills required to pass legal professional examinations, such as the SQE1. Non-law students should consider studying our Postgraduate Diploma (Law Conversion Course) PGDL or Postgraduate Diploma in Law (PGDL) Online. We are one of the UK's longest-established specialist providers of legal education, with a rich heritage and reputation for innovation. 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. With the SQE Law Essentials you will receive online support and feedback from one of our expert legal lecturers. You’ll have access to world-class learning materials, including our unique methods of online engagement, and unrivalled online lecturer supervision and support. Why choose the SQE Law Essentials course?
- Be ready to progress your legal training and go on to study the SQE1
- Develop the skills required to answer SQE1 style legal knowledge questions
- Spread out your study with our structured modular study pattern, so you can focus on key areas each semester, instead of all at the end of the course.
- Learn using our successful and unique Prepare, Engage, Consolidate (PEC) learning model
- Receive focused lecturer support, from qualified lawyers, with weekly lecturer-led sessions in every module
- Enjoy flexible study – We understand that everyone’s circumstances are different. That’s why our SQE Law Essentials courses is delivered full-time and part-time online, to provide you with the greatest choice and flexibility you need to succeed in your studies.
- Receive access to our Careers and Pro Bono team, who make up our award-winning Employability Service. Your bespoke Employability Law Essentials Programme will help you understand and develop the key competencies required for being a solicitor
Modules
Academic modules: You will learn the essentials of the key foundation areas of law that align to the Solicitors Regulation Authority specification of Functioning Legal Knowledge (FLK) for the SQE. In each area, you will develop a practical and functional understanding of the foundations of English & Welsh Law, and core analytical and practical legal skills. You will also receive an ebook study manual for each of these modules: English Legal System and Constitutional Law (including EU Law) Contract Law Tort Law Constitutional and Administrative Law Criminal Law Land Law Trusts
Assessment method
There are no exams. There are mock SQE1 assessments arranged in the last week of each semester in order to help you prepare for the requirements of the real assessments. On successful completion of our SQE Law Essentials, including practice tests and mocks, you will obtain a completion certificate which will facilitate progression on to our LLM Legal Practice (SQE1&2). Please note: This course does not lead to an academic award.
How to apply
International applicants
To find out more about how we support our international students, please visit our website.
Entry requirements
There are no entry requirements for this programme.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
2025/26 Course Fee (for courses starting on or after 1 July 2025) - UK: £4,250.
Study manuals: eBooks are included in the course fee, and you’ll receive a 50% discount if you’d like to purchase print versions.
Sponsorship information
We can help support your course fees with our scholarships and bursaries and funding options. For more information please visit our postgraduate scholarships page: https://www.law.ac.uk/study/scholarships-bursaries/
Provider information
The University of Law
2 Bunhill Row
London
EC1Y 8HQ