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You can qualify as a solicitor or a barrister. Lawyer is a generic term that encompasses both sides of the legal profession. These separate branches of the profession are regulated by different regulators. Solicitors are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Barristers are regulated by the Bar Standards Board (BSB). There are three stages to qualification for any aspiring lawyer: (i) degree (ii) vocational course and (iii) work-based learning.  \nThe Academic Stage:  \nUK Transfer Programme  \nYour law degree covers all of the foundation modules needed to advance to the next stage of your career aspirations, either at the Bar or a solicitor. At Liverpool Law School, you will complete your studies, taught by world leading researchers. Our academic staff have advised Governments on law reform, been cited by senior members of the judiciary in their judgments and opinions, have had their research published in the leading journals, written leading textbooks and are frequently found on broadcast and  \nsocial media discussing current topics of interest.  \nEntry to the UK Bar: Vocational Course  \nPost-degree, for barristers the vocational course is known by a number of different names depending on the provider. These course names include the Bar Practice Course (BPC), and, the Bar Training Course (BTC). This stage involves more vocationally orientated skills modules such as advocacy, drafting, and negotiation. There are currently ten (10) providers of the vocational stage of training, soit is the norm for most law students todo the vocational course at a provider other than the University at which they did the degree. Most Liverpool students either do the vocational course at the Inns of Court in London, or, if they want to stay more locally, at providers in Liverpool or Manchester.  \nAt this stage of your  \nroute to qualifying as a barrister  \nyou will also join one of the four Inns of Court (Gray’s Inn, Lincoln’s Inn, Middle Temple, Inner Temple). These historic institutions provide financial and other support to their barrister members. Upon completion of the vocational stage of training you are‘called to the Bar’ of England and Wales by your Inn of Court. However, you cannot practice as a barrister until you have undertaken the next, and final, stage of training.  \nEntry to the UK Bar: Pupillage  \nBarristers will spend a minimum of one year doing a “pupillage” for their work-based learning. This is usually divided into two “sixes”, i.e. two blocks of six months. The pupil barrister (as they are known) will have a pupillage supervisor who they will shadow for at least one of the sixes. Typically they will have a different barrister supervisor for each “six”.  \nBecoming A Solicitor: Vocational Course  \nFor solicitors the route to qualification has changed recently with the introduction of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (the SQE) in September 2021. Under the SQE you will sit a two-stage examination process covering many aspects of law and legal skills, and submit a portfolio of evidence of Qualifying Work Experience. The first stage (SQE Stage I) takes the form of two, multiple choice assessments and the second stage (SQE Stage  \nII) is comprised of a mix of written and oral tasks. Details of the SQE are available here:  \nFind out more at  \n[liverpool.ac.uk/law-and-social-justice/](liverpool.ac.uk/law-and-social-justice/ We are the original)[ We are the original](liverpool.ac.uk/law-and-social-justice/ We are the original) red brick  \nBecoming A Solicitor: WorkBased Learning  \nWork-based learning is a key part of your journey to qualification. 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