Understand What SQE1 Actually Tests
SQE1 tests functioning legal knowledge โ your ability to apply the law, not just recall it. The Solicitors Qualifying Examination is designed to reflect real-world legal practice, so rote memorisation of statutes rarely translates to correct answers. Questions present realistic scenarios and require you to identify the single best answer from five plausible options. Many wrong answers are legally accurate but not the best answer in context.
- โFLK1 covers Business Law & Practice, Dispute Resolution, Contract, Tort, Legal System & Services, Constitutional & Administrative Law, and EU Law
- โFLK2 covers Property Practice, Wills & Succession, Solicitors Accounts, Land Law, Trusts, and Criminal Law & Practice
- โEach paper is 180 questions in 5 hours 18 minutes โ roughly 1 minute 46 seconds per question
- โThere is no negative marking โ always answer every question
