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SQE2 Oral Assessment

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The SQE2 oral assessment focuses on testing your ability to perform key legal tasks through two specific components: Interview and Attendance Note / Legal Analysis and Advocacy. These assessments are designed...

SQE2 Oral Assessment

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The SQE2 oral assessment focuses on testing your ability to perform key legal tasks through two specific components: Interview and Attendance Note / Legal Analysis and Advocacy. These assessments are designed...

SQE2 Practice Areas

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The SQE2 assessment evaluates legal skills within specific practice areas that reflect the core competencies required of newly qualified solicitors. Below is an explanation of each practice area.

SQE2 Practice Areas

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The SQE2 assessment evaluates legal skills within specific practice areas that reflect the core competencies required of newly qualified solicitors. Below is an explanation of each practice area.

SQE2 Overview

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The SQE2 assessment evaluates your practical legal skills across six core areas: client interview and attendance note or legal analysis, advocacy, case and matter analysis, legal research, legal writing, and legal...

SQE2 Overview

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The SQE2 assessment evaluates your practical legal skills across six core areas: client interview and attendance note or legal analysis, advocacy, case and matter analysis, legal research, legal writing, and legal...

How to Use SQE2 Assessment Specification

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The SRA provides Guidance on the SQE2 Assessment Specification to address common questions regarding the interpretation of the specifications and, in particular, the Functioning Legal Knowledge (FLK). The SRA emphasises that detailing...

How to Use SQE2 Assessment Specification

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The SRA provides Guidance on the SQE2 Assessment Specification to address common questions regarding the interpretation of the specifications and, in particular, the Functioning Legal Knowledge (FLK). The SRA emphasises that detailing...

SQE Exemptions

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An exemption allows qualified lawyers in foreign jurisdictions to bypass one or more of the SQE assessments if their prior legal qualifications and experience meet the standards of the SQE...

SQE Exemptions

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An exemption allows qualified lawyers in foreign jurisdictions to bypass one or more of the SQE assessments if their prior legal qualifications and experience meet the standards of the SQE...

How to Confirm QWE?

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To have your Qualifying Work Experience (QWE) confirmed, the solicitor or Compliance Officer for Legal Practice (COLP) responsible for the confirmation must verify several key aspects of your placement. They...

How to Confirm QWE?

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To have your Qualifying Work Experience (QWE) confirmed, the solicitor or Compliance Officer for Legal Practice (COLP) responsible for the confirmation must verify several key aspects of your placement. They...

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