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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Unless you started your training journey by September 2021, you’ll need to sit and pass the SQE in order to qualify, regardless of your route into the profession.
You might be an apprentice completing your training with a law firm, a paralegal with a non-law degree and a range of experience, or someone volunteering in a legal advice centre.
You might have done a law degree and gained some Qualifying Work Experience. Or, if you’re CILEx-qualified or a barrister, you can take the SQE to become a solicitor.
Wherever you're coming from, the SQE provides a single, rigorous assessment for demonstrating the skills and knowledge required to practise as a solicitor in England and Wales.
If you’re already working in law – whether as a paralegal, barrister, CILEx-qualified professional, or in another legal role – the SQE could be your next step towards qualification. If you're a qualified lawyer seeking admission as a solicitor of England and Wales, you don’t need to complete Qualifying Work Experience and may be eligible for exemptions.
Learn more: Guidance for Qualified Lawyers
There are several routes to qualification depending on your current stage of study.
If you started your legal training before September 2021 – for example, you’re currently studying for a law degree – you may be able to qualify under the transitional arrangements instead of the SQE.
These arrangements will continue for a limited period, offering flexibility to those already on their way to qualification.
Learn more: Transitional arrangements
If you’re on the solicitor apprenticeship route – whether you’ve just started, are partway through, or have recently completed your training – you’ll need to sit the SQE. SQE2 will be your End-Point Assessment.
Learn more: Apprentices
Create your personal SQE account and book your assessments.
Find out what happens after passing the SQE and admission to the roll of solicitors.