Annex 4 – Functioning Legal Knowledge blueprint

This annex indicates blueprinting of the Functioning Legal Knowledge for SQE1. The method of classification used for this blueprint is “Single Best Classification”. This means an item is assigned to the classification that is considered to be the primary focus of that question. This does not imply that questions are discrete and neatly fit into each category as, for example, an item may require knowledge of ‘dispute resolution’ and ‘contract’ in order for a candidate to answer it correctly. As such, a blueprint may describe an assessment as having 20% of questions on a particular classification, but application of the knowledge in that classification would be required to answer more than 20% of the questions included in the paper.

 

In any SQE1 sitting (FLK1 and FLK2), Ethics and Professional Conduct and money laundering questions can make up to 20% of the questions assessed (money laundering questions being assessed in FLK1 only).

FLK1 assessment	Assessed as a % of paper
Business Law and Practice, Dispute Resolution, Contract, Tort, Legal System, Legal Services
Business Law and Practice	14-20%
Dispute Resolution	14-20%
Contract Law	14-20%
Tort	14-20%
The Legal System of England and Wales, sources of law, Constitutional and Administrative law, EU law	14-20%
Legal Services	12-16%
Ethics and Professional Conduct	Pervades

FLK2 assessment	Assessed as a % of paper
Property Law and Practice, Wills and the Administration of Estates, Land Law, Trusts Law, Solicitors Accounts, Criminal Liability, Criminal Law and Practice
Property Law and Practice, including Solicitors Accounts in the context of conveyancing	14-20%
Land Law	14-20%
Wills and the Administration of Estates, including Solicitors Accounts in the context of Wills and the Administration of Estates.	14-20%
Trusts Law	14-20%
Criminal Liability	14-20%
Criminal Law and Practice	14-20%
Ethics and Professional Conduct	Pervades