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 \n• Final draft assessment specification published today  \n– highlight key points in this webinar  \n– welcome your views on this through our survey  \nSQE – overall assessment design  \n• SQE1: 2 x 180-question assessments:  \n– Functioning Legal Knowledge 1: Business Law and Practice, Dispute Resolution, Contract, Tort, Legal Systems of England and Wales , Public Law, Legal Services  \n– Functioning Legal Knowledge 2: Property Law and Practice, Wills and the Administration of Estates, Solicitors Accounts, Land Law, Trusts, Criminal Law and Practice  \n• SQE2: one single assessment, of 16 practical legal skills exercises, which test legal skills and application of the law in the  \nreserved activities and business  \nSQE2 skills assessment-reminder  \nSQE2 skills:  \n• Client interview and attendance note/legal analysis  \n• Advocacy  \n• Case and matter analysis  \n• Legal research  \n• Legal writing  \n• Legal drafting  \n• Unflagged points of ethics and professional conduct to pervade  \nSampled across these contexts:  \n• Criminal Litigation  \n• Dispute Resolution  \n• Property Practice  \n• Wills and Intestacy, Probate Administration and Practice  \n• Business organisations rules and procedures  \nAssessment Specification  \nFinal design-oral skills  \n\n| Day 1 | Day 2 |\n| --- | --- |\n| Advocacy (Dispute Resolution) | Advocacy (Criminal Litigation) |\n| Interview and attendance note/legal analysis\u003Cbr>(Property Practice) | Interview and attendance note/legal analysis (Wills and Intestacy, Probate Administration and Practice) |\n\nFinal design-written skills  \n\n| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Case and matter analysis x1 | Case and matter analysis x1 | Case and matter analysis x1 |\n| Legal drafting x1 | Legal drafting x1 | Legal drafting x1 |\n| Legal research x1 | Legal research x1 | Legal research x1 |\n| Legal writing x1 | Legal writing x1 | Legal writing x1 |\n| Two of these exercises will be in the context of Dispute Resolution and 2 will be in the context of Criminal Litigation | Two of these exercises will be in the context of Property Practice and 2 will be in the context of Wills and Intestacy, Probate Administration and Practice | Candidates will sit all assessments in the context of Business Organisations, Rules and Procedures |\n\nSQE2 assessment: negotiation  \nNegotiation  \n• case and matter analysis  \n• writing  \n• Interviewing/attendance note  \nSQE2 assessment: legal knowledge  \n• 50:50 – skills and application of the law  \n“In demonstrating that they have reached the standard of competency of a Day One Solicitor, candidates will need to demonstrate that they can apply fundamental legal principles in the skills based situations covered by SQE2 in a way that addresses the client’s needs and concerns. They will need sufficient knowledge to make them competent to practise on the basis that they can look up detail later. Candidates will not be expected to know or address detail that a Day One Solicitor would look up, unless they have been provided with that detail”  \nSQE2 assessment: legal materials  \n• For all stations except legal research, candidates will be provided, as part of their assessment materials, with materials that a Day One Solicitor would look up.  \nSQE2 assessment: legal materials  \n• Candidates will need sufficient knowledge to make them competent to practise on the basis that they can look up detail later. Candidates will not be expected to know or address detail that a Day One Solicitor would look up, unless they have been provided with that detail as part of their assessment materials. However, legal materials will only be provided where it is considered that a Day One Solicitor would need to refer to those materials. Sample questions and indicative answers will be published on the SQE website.","cbCaipH88nPCu3tb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipH88nPCu3tb","pdf",205801,13,"English","# SQE overall assessment design\n## SQE1: Functioning Legal Knowledge 1 and 2\n## SQE2: overall structure and skills\n## Sample contexts for SQE2 exercises\n## Assessment Specification: Final design - oral skills\n## Assessment Specification: Final design - written skills\n## SQE2 assessment: negotiation\n## SQE2 assessment: legal knowledge\n## SQE2 assessment: legal materials","[{\"question\":\"How is SQE1 structured in the final design?\",\"answer\":\"SQE1 consists of two separate 180-question assessments covering Functioning Legal Knowledge 1 and Functioning Legal Knowledge 2.\"},{\"question\":\"What does SQE2 assess overall, and how many exercises are included?\",\"answer\":\"SQE2 is a single practical assessment with 16 exercises that test legal skills and the application of the law in reserved activities and business.\"},{\"question\":\"What legal materials are provided in SQE2, and for which stations?\",\"answer\":\"For all SQE2 stations except legal research, candidates are provided materials reflecting what a Day One Solicitor would look up, and legal materials are only provided where referral would be needed.\"}]","SQE final design - Assessment Specification - Final draft SQE2 | PDF",1790445135,33]