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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.
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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.
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Learn about what the SQE is, who it's for and how much it costs.
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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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These sample questions and discussions of the answers are examples of advocacy assessments in the context of (1) Criminal Litigation and (2) Dispute Resolution. The discussion of the answers include a video recording of sample candidate answers for you to view.
In preparation for the assessment, you have 45 minutes to consider the documents provided and 15 minutes to make your submission to a judge who is present in the assessment room. The role of the judge will be played by a solicitor of England and Wales who will assess you both on skills and application of law.
For further detail see the SQE2 Assessment Specification.
Advocacy (Criminal Litigation) (PDF 443KB)
Eiriolaeth (Ymgyfreitha Troseddol) (PDF 505KB)
Advocacy (Dispute Resolution) (PDF 317KB)
Eiriolaeth (Datrys Anghydfodau) (PDF 408KB)
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