How to register for the SQE1 and SQE2 assessments.
How to verify your ID and what you need to provide.
What the survey is, and what it covers.
If you need help or assistance to sit your assessments.
If you are a qualified lawyer, you may be eligible for an exemption.
How to book the SQE1 and SQE2 assessments.
Find out how and when to book your SQE assessments.
Upcoming assessment dates, booking windows, and test centre locations.
Find out how you can take the SQE assessments in Welsh.
Everything you need to know about sitting the SQE1 and SQE2 assessments.
The assessment specification for both FLK1 and FLK2, including annexes and sample questions.
The specification for the written and oral assessments, including annexes and sample questions.
What to expect on the assessment days and how to claim mitigating circumstances.
How to get your results, how assessments are marked, how to resit an assessment, or make an appeal.
What to expect when you get your results, and how to resit any assessments.
Read and download SQE reports.
Learn about what the SQE is, who it's for and how much it costs.
Find out what the SQE is and how it works.
Find out who's eligible to take the SQE, including exemptions.
Find out how much the SQE will cost and how you can pay for it.
Find out what candidates say about their experience of the SQE.
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The SQE assesses both legal knowledge and practical legal skills through two assessments: SQE1 and SQE2.
This page gives an overview of the topics covered in each assessment. For full details, see the assessment specifications.
SQE1 tests your ability to apply legal knowledge in practical scenarios. It’s made up of two assessments — FLK1 and FLK2 — and is taken over two days. Each part is assessed by single best answer multiple-choice questions.
Ethics and professional conduct are assessed pervasively across both FLK1 and FLK2.
To pass SQE1, you must achieve the pass mark for both FLK1 and FLK2. All subject areas are compulsory.
All aspects of the SQE1 assessment are compulsory.
View the SQE1 assessment specification
SQE2 assesses your legal skills in both oral and written tasks across five half-days. Ethics and professional conduct are assessed pervasively throughout SQE2.
View the SQE2 assessment specification
Create your personal SQE account and book your assessments.
Find out what happens after passing the SQE and admission to the roll of solicitors.