Preparing for the British Bar Exam

Become a solicitor

 


As of July 2021, and in partnership with BARBRI, Université Paris Dauphine - PSL offers a training program to prepare students to sit the British bar exam.


Eligibility requirements: 

  • Be a French Lawyer who has not studied Common Law
  • Have an undergraduate university degree

A two-part exam

SQE 1 - (Functional Legal Knowledge)

  • 360 multiple-choice questions administered online over two days in a testing center in France or the UK
  • 20- or 40- week Barbri prep course (£ 2,999)
  • Depending on the length of the prep course, 10 to 12 hours or 20 hours of work per week for English students
  • Exams in July or November, except in 2022 (July only)

SQE 2 - (Skills and Practical Legal Assessment)

  • 6 oral and written questions over six days, spread over a 2-week period in the UK
  • 8- or 16-week Barbri prep course (£2,999 if student also took the Barbri SQE1 prep course)
  • 20 to 25 hours per week
  • Exams in April or October
     

A training program designed specifically for exam candidates

 
  • A program that is tailored to each candidate
  • Online classes designed by faculty teaching in the best American law schools
  • Course materials
  • Practice exams

The results of the 1st SQE1 session in November 2022 are excellent: the success rate of the 300 candidates presented by Barbri for the exam is 79%. For reference, that of the whole, of more than 1,000 candidates was 53%. Of the 9 French candidates, 5 passed the exam.

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A dedicated team