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Message: <blockquote data-quote="j.s.cox" data-source="post: 195914" data-attributes="member: 20454">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:[ATTACH=full]6604[/ATTACH]If you open Annex 1, it tells you the specific FLK required for SQE2:[ATTACH=full]6605[/ATTACH]This is terribly formatted, so I put it all into a checklist to ensure I had covered everything. Depending on the type of FLK required, I would either:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Memorise the key elements of the FLK only (e.g. the mens rea and actus reus for s.1 Thef Act 1968 without revising any case law);</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Ensure I could talk about at least three points relating to that piece of FLK (e.g. three key points relating to rent and rent review); or</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Ensure I had a detailed understanding that piece of FLK (e.g. all the steps and exemptions in an inheritance tax calculation).</li> </ol>To decide which category the knowledge fell into, I thought about the likely questions they could ask considering that any advice we needed to provide would likely be to a client and there is only a limited amount of time for you to answer questions. You should also think about which papers that area of FLK is likely to come up in and think about how you would tailor your answers (e.g. summary judgment in an advocacy exam v legal writing v case and matter analysis v legal drafting). For me, the key to my success was ensuring that I knew enough about each area of FLK to at least try and answer any question that came up. I know that some people strategically didn't revise some areas of law for SQE1 (e.g. tax), but (without breaking the NDA) that ended up being a catastrophic move in SQE2 when a whole paper came up that people had not revised at all. You can't try to answer a question when you know nothing about the topic!The best thing about the SQE2 for me was that you did not need to know as many areas of law as SQE1, but I still think it was a significant amount to revise and I found it just as challenging to prepare for as SQE1. That said, I managed to pass in the 1st quintile, so I reckon my revision techniques worked quite well!</blockquote>

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