BARBRIReviews of barbri.com

I did the Barbri 40-week course for SQE 1. I am a senior lawyer qualified in a civil law jurisdiction and working full time at a Magic Circle law firm. I think Barbri's best feature is that they really help you learn the exam materials with engaging lectures, concise books and questions. They cover strictly what is needed to pass which avoids having to learn too much content, which is very useful given the syllabus is huge. For this reason, I would highly recommend them to students who don't have a law background or a common law background or are taking the exam while working full time. The weaker point of the course is that the mocks are easier than the real exam but while the actual exam scores tend to be lower than the Barbri mock scores, good results with Barbri will get you good results in the exam. I passed the Barbri mocks with high grades and the actual exam in the first quintile.

BARBRI were fantastic every step of the way. The lectures were clear, the books were excellent and well-structured, and the feedback and work I had on the mock exams for both parts of the SQE was phenomenal. I've been recommending them to everyone since I started the course with them

The structure of the SQE 2 prep course PSP could be better. The PSP for SQE 1 was intuitive and easy to navigate.However the SQE 2 PSP is really frustrating to use. It also flexed across each person’s study plans to arrange the hours one needed to do per day to complete the course. I would suggest that adjustments are made to make the learning process more enjoyable.

Overall structure of SQE2 course is good, but lacks essential section on FLK revision. This element has to be onboarded in the general timeline for the candidates as it will really make difference at the exam.

Great content, similar fact patterns with actual SQE, dedicated staff who’s always out there to help when you need them. PSP is designed so well that “spaced learning” becomes natural. Learners don’t have to make or use flash cards, take notes etc. one has to just blindly follow the PSP and do the reading. With Barbri, you’re in good hands.

BARBRI was chosen by my employer and I did not have a choice, but I was not impressed. SQE 1 was alright, though patchy across subjects, and I was concerned they prep you for c.60% when the pass grade is 56-58%, leaving a sliver of a margin. But SQE 2 was a disaster - you arrive to the start of the course and they tell you it is a presumption that you know all law required for SQE 1 (see 60% comment above), and then they train you for how to take the exam, but even there they train you for some of the exercises, but not really the others (like CMA and Drafting - these were almost non-existent in BARBRI's course). I appreciate some of this is due to the SQE being new and the SRA not releasing much information and binding all takers with an NDA, but then the price for BARBRI's course, esp. SQE 2, is absolutely disproportionate to the value. When you read reviews for BARBRI - distinguish between US law reviews (there's a reason they're good there - the bar exam questions are released for tutors to improve their materials on) and UK law (SQE).

The course is effective in getting you to pass the exam but there are some questions during the exam That will not have been covered by the teaching material.

Course prepared me well for sqe1