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 monitoring and maximising diversity survey has been updated. Please return to the survey to reconfirm your answers and complete the new section at the end.
You must do this to remain eligible for the SQE. You will not be able to book your next assessment until you have updated your answers.
You will be sent an email with a link to access your results via your candidate account. We also have resources to help you understand what is included in your SQE1 results.
You will also be sent a further email with information on next steps, including how to accept the seat assigned to you if you completed the seat reservation form for the April SQE2. Please complete your pre-booking steps as soon as possible in your candidate account to be able to complete you booking for the April SQE2.
We will email requests for payment so candidates can compete their booking from 13-17 March. You must pay within 48 hours of receiving the email otherwise their seat will be cancelled.
The above applies to candidates with reasonable adjustments. Candidates with reasonable adjustments will be contacted when we wish them to pay. Candidates that have not received or accepted their reasonable adjustment proposal will receive the email payment request after they have accepted their proposal. This may be after 17 March 2025.
More information is available on April 2025 SQE2 booking information.
If you completed the seat reservation form but did not pass SQE1, we will release the seat reserved for you. The next sitting of SQE1 is in July. Please see the July 2025 SQE1 booking information for the key information and booking dates. As usual, candidates will need to complete the pre-booking steps in order to book.
We will publish the statistical report for this assessment in early April on the SQE reports page. It will contain the assessment related information such as the pass rate, including statistics that provide some feedback on the SQE1 assessments, consisting of FLK1 and FLK2, and their performance.
Learn more: Results and resits