Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE)

The Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) is an exam that all new solicitors in England and Wales will be required to take before being accepted as qualified. It is the result of consultations and reviews of the Training for Tomorrow programme, aimed at standardizing the assessment that all solicitors are required to pass. If you did not begin a qualifying law degree by September 1, 2021, you will need to take the SQE to become a solicitor.

The SQE is split into two parts: SQE1 and SQE2. SQE1 is an assessment of a candidate's functioning legal knowledge (FLK), which includes areas such as business law and practice, dispute resolution, contract, tort, and more. Candidates must achieve the pass mark for both FLK1 and FLK2 to progress to SQE2. SQE2 assesses practical skills such as client interviews, advocacy, legal research, and legal drafting, among others. Candidates must also undertake two years of work experience.

The SQE aims to provide a standardized exam that negates the differences between separate providers who determine their own limits and pass marks for the LPC and GDL which were the previous standard courses aspiring solicitors were required to take. The first exams for SQE1 took place in November 2021.

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