SQE & Skills Training for In-House Teams
BARBRI delivers tailored SQE prep, skills training and professional development for in-house teams, public bodies and ALSPs. Flexible, expert-led learning with top pass rates—designed to qualify, retain and grow your legal talent.
Supporting Legal Teams Worldwide
BARBRI helps our clients to attract, qualify and retain legal talent through SQE training, skills development and ongoing professional education. Our tailored programmes fit your priorities, budget and timelines, wherever you are in the world.
With over 250 clients – from government departments to Magic Circle firms – we combine flexible, accessible learning with market-leading pass rates. We go beyond training, offering monthly student progress reports, live course access, exam vouchers and hands-on client service. Partner with us to future-proof your talent pipeline and grow your team’s capability with confidence.
SQE Training & Skills Development
Qualifying a trainee, paralegal or apprentice through the SQE and its Qualifying Work Experience (QWE) requires fewer resources than you might think. We guide you through the requirements, help you implement the programme and handle ongoing administration.
Beyond SQE, we fill the professional skills gap with targeted, practice-specific training, replacing what the Professional Skills Course once delivered. Our needs analysis ensures your team gains the skills to thrive, pre- and post-qualification. Whether you’re upskilling existing staff or building new capability, we make it simple to equip your people with the tools they need to succeed. Book your free consultation today.
Our In-House Legal Partners
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BARBRI SQE Pass Rates
Our sponsored students perform exceptionally well. Here are the latest results:
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- SQE pass rate
SQE1 results from January 2025 exam; BARBRI results from our clients' cohorts who completed 90%+ of the course. SQE2 results from October 2024 exam.
SQE1
- 80%
- 56%
SQE2
- 93%
- 81%
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*of students who completed 90%+ of their Personal Study Plan (PSP), across all sittings
News + Case Studies
How nplaw is Using the Apprenticeship Levy to Upskill their Paralegals
To help their public organisation overcome their talent development and training funding needs, nplaw chose to upskill their paralegals via the apprenticeship route.
BARBRI Named Diversity and Inclusion Winner at LexisNexis Legal Awards
Global legal education provider, BARBRI, was named the Diversity and Inclusion Award winner at the 2023 LexisNexis Legal Awards last week.
How Factor is Nurturing Talent and Boosting Retention with the SQE
The team has created a new category of legal services blending the best of traditional law, new law and in-house to deliver complex legal work at scale.
Inside In-House: 2025 Legal Talent Report
In-house legal teams face growing pressures – rising demands, limited resources and evolving workforce expectations. Commissioned by BARBRI and Flex Legal, this report shares insights from 120+ in-house leaders, revealing key talent challenges, skills gaps and retention risks. Gain practical strategies to strengthen your team and plan for 2025/26. Register now to download your copy.
What Our Partners Have to Say
The introduction of the new Professional SQE training path is a significant step forward for our future trainees and the firm. We are very pleased to be able to offer an innovative new route that will enable our trainees to earn as they learn, which ensures we can attract a wider pool of talent to the firm.…We are strong supporters of the O Shaped Lawyer initiative; and its focus on preparing solicitors to be an effective business partner has been key in our choice of model. Our clients are regularly asking for lawyers with commercial skillsand this ensures that our trainees will start their careers one step ahead.
We were very struck by BARBRI's overall offering for SQE provision, in particular, its ambition, dynamism and superlative use of technology, which aligns closely with our own ethos. Their pitch went above and beyond our expectations. But it was their position on, and commitment to, inclusion and diversity which really chimed with us. As a core pillar of the Firm's strategy, we know we want to go further, do better in this area - and BARBRI are going to help us to get where we want to be.
We aim to create a supportive environment that will help to guide students through their studies and careers. This collaboration with BARBRI will mean that our students can prepare for the new SQE with tried and tested preparation methods and access mentor support from industry experts.
Case Studies
Our Business Development Team
Victoria Fearne (Cromwell)
Head of New Business and Account Management
Victoria is an English qualified solicitor with over 12 years’ experience in practice at Addleshaw Goddard and Linklaters, and as a professional support lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Victoria leads on the strategy creation and execution of BARBRI UK’s B2B contractual relationships.
Emma Cavendish
Business Development Director
Emma has managed relationships in the legal sector for over 20 years at Practical Law Company, Thomson Reuters and Flex Legal and is passionate about empowering change in the legal profession by creating opportunities for in-house teams to thrive. Emma now leads the Corporate/ALSP/Gov & Public Sector part of the team.
BARBRI really is being brilliantly visionary, innovative and proactive in creating and delivering opportunities to those seeking to enter the profession, in particular, those where obstacles might appear insurmountable. Linklaters is delighted to work with BARBRI and Breaking Barriers in relation to its support of refugee lawyers and anticipates working on other important projects going forward. Watch this space.