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    LPC and SQE 2

    There is a lot of memorising the law but in a different way to SQE1. On the SRA website, under the SQE2 specification, you can find the following drop-down lists at the bottom of the page: If you open Annex 1, it tells you the specific FLK required for SQE2: This is terribly formatted, so I...
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    LPC and SQE 2

    I did SQE1 before SQE2 not the LPC, but my experience is that it is very hard to do well if you do not know the FLK in depth. From my understanding, the main reason people fail is a lack of FLK knowledge, as some of the skills can be hard to demonstrate if you do not have the knowledge. That...
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    How ready did you feel for SQE1?

    I totally understand this, and it is something I felt a lot when I was preparing. I had the exact same anxiety and I was getting a much lower mark in the ReviseSQE mocks than you. I felt physically sick in the preparation period and yet I still managed to pass in the first quintile. The...
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    How ready did you feel for SQE1?

    I'm not sure if there are different rules at different centres, but I was at Chiswick, London and I had to lock my notes away in a locker before going up to the test room. I was allowed to access them in the break, but I don't think that was great for my mental health as I ended up checking the...
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    How ready did you feel for SQE1?

    I didn't count the number of practice questions I did, so I can't give you a good answer for this. I think it was more important that I was using the questions to guide my revision than doing them for the sake of doing them. I reckon I probably did no more than 50 questions in a day on a regular...
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    How ready did you feel for SQE1?

    I had different revision methods for different parts of the syllabus: Tax I just practiced lots of calculations. I know that some people just ignore these and wing the tax questions, but without breaking the NDA, I will just say that being able to do these calculations was essential to my SQE2...
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    How ready did you feel for SQE1?

    Hi! I passed SQE1 and SQE2 in the first quintile. For SQE1, I felt very overwhelmed with the volume of things we were required to know, but I felt like I generally had a pretty good grasp on the basics, and I was about 75% okay with the more complicated stuff (e.g. tax) which I focused on a...
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    My Training Contract Journey

    Update: SQE 2: I took the SQE2 in July/August 2024 and I'm very pleased to say that I passed in the 1st quintile! This exam was a lot tougher than I thought it would be and I underestmated how important the FLK aspect of the exam would be until I started my revision. This meant that I mainly...
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    Resources for Black Letter Law

    Only you can decide that, but if it helps, I don't think anyone feels totally prepared for these exams. I would consider the following: Are you able to postpone your exams without incurring additional costs? How comfortable do you feel with the FLK? Do you have any practical experience? Are you...
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    Resources for Black Letter Law

    The SQE2 prep books weren't yet released when I took SQE2. I focused on the SQE1 books and drilled in the FLK because I think that's where a lot of people fail. I have heard really positive things about the SQE2 books they have just released as well, however, as it shows you how to apply the...
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    Resources for Black Letter Law

    I passed SQE1 in the first quintile and I am awaiting results for SQE2. You can purchase the Revise SQE books here or on Amazon. Personally I think their underlying law books were incredibly helpful. If you can remember everything in the Revise SQE books, you'll be fine. The ULaw course will be...
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    Revision Killers or Revise SQE

    I had both. It depends what you are looking for. ReviseSQE is more comprehensive and a better revision guide. They cover pretty much everything the SQE will test you on. Revision Killer is very concise and really good for revising the most key points. Their flashcards are really useful for on...
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    City Consortium Programme (CCP) at BPP

    I've just had a look and the essentials for practice looks completely different from the Plus programme. The Plus programme operated like four seats, wheras the BPP website seems to show that the Essentials for Practice gives three different pathways where you explore one seat in more depth. The...
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    City Consortium Programme (CCP) at BPP

    I depends how comprehensive your notes are and how confident you are with the underlying law. You could definitely pass using the BPP material from the PGDL, but personally I preferred how the Revise SQE books were laid out as it literally went through the topics in the order laid out by the...
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    City Consortium Programme (CCP) at BPP

    Sorry for getting back to you so late. I personally think getting all the textbooks are completely worth the money, but if it is too expensive, I especially recommend: Property Practice (has a ton of stuff BPP doesn't teach) Business Law and Practice (explains things far better than BPP) The...
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