Inspiring SQE Success Stories

Adarsh Saxena is a seasoned Commercial Disputes Lawyer who obtained his LLM at SOAS, University of London. He’s dual-qualified in India and England & Wales, and is now the Director of International Arbitration at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas.

Read Adarsh’s story here.

Ali Yaacoub is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales and currently serves as a Legal Manager for a leading UK charity. A proud BARBRI alumnus, Ali successfully passed both the SQE1 and SQE2 assessments on his first attempt.

Read Ali’s story here.

Avinda Bhangal is an experienced solicitor and graduate of Huddersfield University, as well as completed the SQE2 exam with BARBRI.

Read Avinda’s story here.

Ban Beidas is a former Junior Legal Counsel in Spain, qualified as a lawyer in England and Wales after prepping for her SQE1 and SQE2 Prep exams with BARBRI.

Read Ban's story here.

Charity Mafuba is a solicitor qualified in both New York and England & Wales and also works as a freelance Commissioning Editor and Director at Legal Women UK. She did her SQE2 Prep with BARBRI.

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Charlotte Cole is a Senior Paralegal in the private client department of a medium-sized law firm. She has predominately worked in the private client sector for the last 7-8 years.

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Clementine Raimbaud is a Legal Counsel at DMCC in Dubai with 8 years experience in the legal sector, primarily within the Middle East. She holds a Bachelor's in Civil Law and a LLM in International Business Law.

Read Clementine’s story here.

Damon Neale is the CEO of Metadat-AI and has over 15 years' experience in media industries providing business & technology consulting. He transitioned into the world of law and pursued a legal qualification through the SQE1 with BARBRI.

Read Damon’s story here.

Georgia Fowler is a Business Affairs and Publishing Coordinator at Hospital Records who transitioned from a passion for English, History, and Sociology to Music & Law.

Read Georgia’s story here.

Gray started his career in medical technology and was drawn to the legal field which influenced his desire to switch careers and led him to prepare for the SQE with BARBRI.

Read Gray’s story here.

Jasmine Gratton is a BARBRI SQE Prep graduate and Trademark Attorney in Trademarkia.

Read Jasmine’s story here.

Jason Tay is a PSL at LexisNexis and was the company’s first candidate to qualify as a solicitor via the SQE2 route. He also holds an LLB from Hull University.

Read Jason’s story here.

Maddie has a background in French and Linguisitcs and did the SQE1 Prep with BARBRI.

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Natalia Jara is a dual-qualified legal professional in Chile and England & Wales with over six years’ experience advising on technology law, data protection, and AI governance and holds an LLM from Queen Mary University of London and CIPP/E certification.

Read Natalia's story here.

Osama Jibril is a compliance associate based in Abu Dhabi. He’s a certified Anti-Money Laundering (AML) specialist and a proud alumnus.

Read Osama’s story here.

Sacha Jones is an employment law solicitor at Thrings LLP and did the SQE1 and SQE2 20-week prep course with BARBRI.

Read Sacha’s story here.

Zaheer Ul Hassan Cheema is a solicitor and the director at Britlaw Chambers Ltd with experience as a registered foreign lawyer.

Read Zaheer’s story here.

Zhaofeng Zhou is a lawyer from China and has achieved dual qualification as an English solicitor through BARBRI.

Read Zhaofeng’s story here.