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At this stage, you will begin to work on gaining and developing a deeper understanding of the subject areas covered in the assessment. Study aides include: Our guides are comprehensively rewritten and updated each year by qualified lawyers with input from top SQE students from a range of law schools. In this stage, you will learn six important skills needed to be successful on SQE2, using study aides such as: I was part of the first cohort of candidates to sit the SQE1 exams. As a final year solicitor apprentice, I have written this LCN Says to share my experience and advice, with the hope it will help anyone considering this new route to qualification.The planning and preparation to become a solicitor from 2021 and beyond will look differently than it has in recent years, with the upcoming implementation of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). The SQE is the new route to qualifying as a solicitor in England and Wales, comprised of a centralised set of exams, introduced to create a standardised exam leading to a more accessible and diverse legal profession. The exams themselves were tough, as expected. They were super long (five hours each), and there were many rules surrounding how you sat the exam and the identification process. This guide outlines five tips when preparing to sit the SQE1 assessment. Now, whether you will be taking a preparation course or studying it on your own, the below outlined advice applies to you either way. Our Core Guide is fully updated at least once a year by a team of qualified solicitors - Law Answered guides are updated by a number of qualified solicitors at top firms, including a former partner and university law school careers and skills advisor. The tax and accounts sections are updated by a qualified chartered accountant.

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Both exams require the candidate to use the legal knowledge gained in SQE1 and apply this to the practical assessments. We help you learn faster: we know you don’t have time to read every single sentence of all the textbooks you’ve got out of the library, so we cut through the waffle and pull out the detail you actually need to know for your exams. Over 5,000 digital flash cards featuring brief questions and answers on all the topics covered by SQE1, organised into the various areas of practice which align to the syllabus. These cards help you reinforce your learning and fully comprehend the main principles of the law. The Legal System (The Legal System of England and Wales and Sources of law, Constitutional and Administrative law and EU law, and Legal services).This is a short revision preparation course. There will be multiple SQE1 style practice tests throughout this course, but there is no formal assessment and it does not lead to an academic award.

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Preparing for these intense exams while working, and with little knowledge of what to expect, was no easy task! These questions help you assess where you feel confident and which topics you may need to spend a bit more time on (and to find them in the chapter).Brand new resources, developed specifically for SQE by our expert tutors. You’ll have access to over 150 practice exam questions within our intelligent ULaw SQE revision app. In the final stage of SQE2 preparation, you will develop and practise your legal skills using study aides like: Each chapter begins with an overview of the main topics covered and why you need to understand it for the purpose of the SQE 1 assessments. If you are working while preparing for the SQE, allocate a set amount of time each day to study, whenever works for you, and commit to it. Don’t fall behind!

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As law students, we are conditioned to answer either problem or essay questions, where we can provide reasoning, explanations and justification for our answers, however with the SQE exams, you are either right or wrong. You either pass or fail. This is pretty terrifying! Condensed notes and flashcards were most effective for me, as the questions often focus on a specific point of law and tiny details.English writing exercises which will enable you to practise your skills in producing relevant, clear, and accurate written English at an acceptable standard. At this stage of study, focus will be on substantive and procedural law. Study aides of this stage include (links to sample materials included): This one can be difficult, as aspiring lawyers want to aim for the top mark! However, it is highly unlikely that you will get every answer correct (the pass mark for the first sitting was 56/57%), so don’t get caught up on perfection! Preparing for the SQE requires a serious time commitment. On average, it is likely to take about 9-12 months to be fully prepared for both stages of the SQE. As a general guideline, studying for the SQE1 exam would entail a candidate study for approximately 5-6 months for about 15-20 hours per week, while another candidate might choose to spread out their study time commitment over a period of 12-18 months. For the SQE2 exam, a candidate would most likely spend about 3 to 4 months studying, or up to 8 months, also studying for 15-20 hours per week. To learn more about the SQE, read this LCN Feature: ‘The Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE): everything we know so far’ .