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career in the new SQE era comes with its unknowns, so we have worked hard to ensure that our approach to the SQE and your training with the firm will set you up for success through:  \n• Consistency  \n• Structure  \n• Standard setting  \nYour two years with us will now be known as Qualifying Work Experience rather than a Period of Recognised Training. Following feedback from our current and former trainees, we will be maintaining a structure of four sixmonth seats. We are confident that this is still the most effective way for you to experience life at a full-service law firm and to gain that all important breadth of knowledge.  \nWe offer a wide variety of opportunities for specialisation. Major practice areas include Real Estate; Commercial Litigation; Commercial; Construction and Infrastructure; Corporate; Employment; Restructuring and Insolvency; Planning; Property Litigation and Trusts and Estates. A full list of the firms practice areas and sectors can be found on the website, here:  \n[https://www.ashfords.co.uk](https://www.ashfords.co.uk).  \nWhat do the SQE exams involve?  \nSQE 1  \nSQE 1 focuses on ‘functioning legal knowledge’ by testing application of law based on realistic clientbased scenarios in multiple choice questions.  \nThere are two lengthy multiple choice papers of  \n180 questions each, covering all aspects of the SQE 1 syllabus.  \nSQE 1 must be passed before being eligible to sit the SQE2 assessments.  \nSQE 2  \nSQE 2 will test the practical legal skills required for practice, including:  \n• Interviewing (with written attendance note/legal analysis)  \n• Advocacy  \n• Legal research  \n• Legal drafting  \n• Legal writing  \n• Case and matter analysis  \nSQE Pathways  \nThe firm provides support for SQE preparation through the College of Legal Practice for both Law and non-Law graduates. These are preparation courses designed to help candidates succeed in the SQE assessments, which the firm also funds in full. 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