About SQE

The Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) is a new test introduced by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) for qualifying as a solicitor in England and Wales. The exam consists of two parts: SQE1, which assesses your legal knowledge, and SQE2, which evaluates your practical skills.

How to qualify?SRA Standard SQE1 & SQE2 Grades When to take the SQE?FAQ

The Solicitor Qualification Exam latest Pass Rates and Results (Updated 2024)

In 2023, 6545 candidates took one or more of the FLK1 and FLK2 assessments. Of these, 5821 candidates took SQE1 for the first time (across the two assessment windows).
First attempt pass rates in January 2023 and July 2023 were 54% and 56% respectively. The pass rates for resit candidates were lower at 14% and 29%respectively.
In 2023, 1617 individual candidates took an SQE2 assessment, with 1524 candidates sittingas a first attempt.

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Students preparing SQE in 2024

56%

SQE1 pass rate in 2024

62%

SQE2 pass rate in 2024

About SQE - The SQE Explained

How to qualify as a solicitor through SQE?

To qualify as a solicitor in England and Wales through the SQE, you need to meet four requirements:

1. Degree or equivalent

You must have a degree in any subject (or equivalent qualification or work experience).

2. Qualifying Work Experience

You will need to complete at least two years’ full-time (or equivalent) Qualifying Work Experience (QWE). Know more about : SQE Qualifying Work Experience (QWE)

3. SQE assessments (SQE1 and SQE2)

You'll have to pass both SQE assessments - SQE1 focuses on functioning legal knowledge and SQE2 on practical legal skills and knowledge.

4. Character and Suitability

Your character and suitability will be treated as seriously as your knowledge and skills.

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About SQE - The SQE Explained

The “Day One Solicitor” Standard

The questions in SQE are designed to assess legal skills using fundamental rules and principles at the level required of a competent newly qualified Solicitor.

They are not designed to test specialist practice which is unlikely to be encountered at the level of a Day One Solicitor.

Candidates are required to apply relevant core legal principles and rules appropriately and effectively, at the level of a competent newly qualified solicitor in practice, to realistic client-based and ethical problems and situations.

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SQE1 and SQE2 assessments specification

This guide aims to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of both assessments specification, helping you be better prepared.

Assessment Day

Split into two sessions of 2 hours 33 minutes with 90 questions in each session. There will be a 60 minute break between the sessions.
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The SQE model uses Miller's pyramid* to provide a framework for the assessment of solicitor competence. Miller's pyramid is used extensively for the assessment of professional competence, including within medical and dental training.

SQE1 assesses the application of Functioning Legal Knowledge required for effective practice – the 'knows how' of Miller’s pyramid.

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FLK 1

Business Law and Practice; Dispute Resolution; Contract; Tort; Legal System of England and Wales; Constitutional and Administrative Law and EU Law and Legal Services.
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FLK 2

Property Practice; Wills and the Administration of Estates; Solicitors Accounts; Land Law; Trusts; Criminal Law and Practice.

The SQE2 assessment is divided into two parts (oral and written), although there is one pass mark for the assessment as a whole:

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About SQE - The SQE Explained

Each Grade
‍Representation

Candidates will be evaluated based on specific assessment criteria for each of the six types of legal skills stations in SQE2 using a grading scale from A to F.

Superior performance

Your performance exceeds the competency requirements of the assessment.

Clearly satisfactory

You clearly meet the competency requirements of the assessment.

Marginal pass

Your performance just meets the competency requirements of the assessment, but only by a small margin.

Marginal fail

Your performance just falls short of meeting the competency requirements of the assessment; only by a small margin.

Clearly unsatisfactory

Your performance clearly does not meet the competency requirements of the assessment.

Poor performance

Your performance is well below the competency requirements of the assessment.

About SQE - The SQE Explained

SQE1 and SQE2: Understand the D-Day Organisation

Understanding the organisation of SQE1 and SQE2 exam days will help you be better prepared.

Day 1

FLK1

The assessment is divided into two sessions of 2 hours 33 minutes (or 153 minutes in total), with 90 questions in each session and cover the FLK1 syllabus.

Day 2

FLK2

The assessment is divided into two sessions of 2 hours 33 minutes (or 153 minutes in total), with 90 questions in each session and cover the FLK12syllabus.

Day 1 - 8AM

Advocacy and Cl. Interview

Dispute Resolution - Property Practice

Day 2 - 8AM

Advocacy and Cl. Interview

Criminal Litigation - Wills and Probate

Day 3 - 2PM

Written: CMA - LD - LR - LW

Criminal Litigation - Dispute Resolution

Day 4 - 2PM

Written: CMA - LD - LR - LW

Property Practice - Wills and Probate

Day 5 - 8AM

Written: CMA - LD - LR - LW

Business Law

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SQE1 and SQE2 assessments specification

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