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SRA Handbook
Eligibility to attempt a CPE
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Regulation 6: Eligibility to attempt a CPE
- 6.1
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To be eligible to attempt a CPE, you must:
- (a)
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hold a degree (other than an honorary degree) conferred by an institution in England and Wales empowered by the Privy Council to award degrees or by a university in the UK or the Republic of Ireland or by the Council for National Academic Awards before its dissolution on 31 March 1993 or a licence awarded by the University College of Buckingham before that college was granted university status;
- (b)
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hold a degree (other than an honorary degree) conferred by a university outside the UK and the Republic of Ireland which we consider to be of a standard at least equivalent to that of a degree conferred by a university in the UK;
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be accepted by us as a mature student;
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be a FILEX;
- (e)
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be a MILEX who has at least three years' qualifying employment;
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hold such qualification in Magisterial Law awarded after satisfactory completion of a relevant course as we recognise from time to time;
- (g)
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have attained such academic and vocational qualifications as we consider to be equivalent to a first degree under regulation 6.1(a); or
- (h)
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be directed to pass the CPE by us due to expiration of the certificate of completion of the academic stage under regulation 5.2.
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In exceptional circumstances we may accept such other evidence of academic eligibility as we think fit if you have completed a course of study for a degree at an institution referred to in regulation 6.1(a) or (b) but have not graduated.