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Sqe resources

Ella thopliss

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Aug 18, 2023
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Hi guys, I’m currently thinking about which resources to purchase.

I bought devils advocate this month but don’t think it’s necessary at the moment as the Ulaw manuals cover the content nicely. I’m thinking of potentially getting law drills as this focuses on question - has anyone heard about it/got it?
 
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Hi!

I actually used both Law Drills and Devil's Advocate during my SQE1 prep (although I used Law Drills a bit more than Devils Advocate), so I can share my thoughts!

My firm provided us access to Law Drills as part of our prep course, and I personally found it quite useful. One of the main things I liked was that there's essentially an unlimited number of questions, and you can filter them by specific sub-units/units. I found this particularly helpful if there was an area I knew I was weaker, or if I was covering a particular topic for the first time and wanted to test my understanding as I went. You can also view your statistics over time and see the areas that you consistently perform worse on, which is always good to know!

The main thing I would flag is that the questions are AI-generated. I did come across a few errors while using the platform, and I know others in my cohort did too. I wouldn't say there were enough errors to put me off using it, but I would definitely be cautious and double-check anything that doesn't look right against your manuals/other reliable resources rather than automatically assuming the answer is correct.

I also did some of the Devils Advocate questions and thought they were relatively good, although you are more limited in the number of questions you get. I personally got more use out of Devils Advocate for the visual resources, particularly the mind maps and diagrams, rather than the question bank.

So if you are mainly looking for a larger question bank and don't mind that the questions are AI-generated, I would probably go with Law Drills. If you think you would benefit from the wider range of resources that come with Devils Advocate as well, then I would potentially stick with that.

Either way, I would say your ULaw manuals can definitely remain your main source of learning the content, with whichever question bank you choose being more of a supplementary resource for testing yourself :)
 
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Hi!

I actually used both Law Drills and Devil's Advocate during my SQE1 prep (although I used Law Drills a bit more than Devils Advocate), so I can share my thoughts!

My firm provided us access to Law Drills as part of our prep course, and I personally found it quite useful. One of the main things I liked was that there's essentially an unlimited number of questions, and you can filter them by specific sub-units/units. I found this particularly helpful if there was an area I knew I was weaker, or if I was covering a particular topic for the first time and wanted to test my understanding as I went. You can also view your statistics over time and see the areas that you consistently perform worse on, which is always good to know!

The main thing I would flag is that the questions are AI-generated. I did come across a few errors while using the platform, and I know others in my cohort did too. I wouldn't say there were enough errors to put me off using it, but I would definitely be cautious and double-check anything that doesn't look right against your manuals/other reliable resources rather than automatically assuming the answer is correct.

I also did some of the Devils Advocate questions and thought they were relatively good, although you are more limited in the number of questions you get. I personally got more use out of Devils Advocate for the visual resources, particularly the mind maps and diagrams, rather than the question bank.

So if you are mainly looking for a larger question bank and don't mind that the questions are AI-generated, I would probably go with Law Drills. If you think you would benefit from the wider range of resources that come with Devils Advocate as well, then I would potentially stick with that.

Either way, I would say your ULaw manuals can definitely remain your main source of learning the content, with whichever question bank you choose being more of a supplementary resource for testing yourself :)
Thanks so much!
 
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