Higher rights of audience approved assessment providers

1 October 2025

Under Regulation 9.10 of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations, a solicitor or Registered European lawyer who wishes to exercise rights of audience in the higher courts must satisfactorily complete the appropriate higher courts advocacy qualification. From the 1 October 2025, we have authorised the University of Law to be the sole assessments provider for the civil and criminal Higher Rights of Audience qualifications.

We do not prescribe how solicitors prepare for the HRA assessments and we do not authorise organisations providing preparatory training.

However, those who were previous authorised under our old regulations are listed below. Please note we will update this list shortly.