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SQE2 preparation, with every answer marked against the SRA's criteria

Timed SQE2 written tasks, client interviews and advocacy, in all five practice areas. Every answer is marked against the SRA's criteria, with a grade for each criterion and comments on what you wrote or said.

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Marking is automated, against the SRA's assessment criteria. No card needed for the diagnostic.

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This is what a marked answer looks like

A sample script, marked against the SRA's criteria. Tap a highlight to read its comment, tap a grade to see only that criterion's highlights, or compare it with the model answer.

Sample script: driving offence letter

Legal writing · Criminal Litigation · 30 minutes

Sample, tap anything

SkillsC3 / 5

LawC2.7 / 5

Station 57%

477 words

Skills and law count equally. No single station has a pass mark: the exam result is the average of all 16.

Dear Imran Re: Your court case Thank you for your instructions. I understand that on 4 August 2026 at 6.12am you were caught by a mobile camera driving your work van at 38mph in a 30mph limit on Melton Road.1 You were late for a job because you had overslept. You already have 9 points on your licence from three speeding offences in 2023 and 2025. Your mother has dialysis three times a week at Leicester General Hospital and you take her. You work for Ashfield Heating as a gas engineer earning £38,000 a year and you pay the rent of £850 a month. Your hearing is on 22 October at Leicester Magistrates' Court. Will you be banned? This offence is likely to get 3 points. That would put you on 12 points. If you get 12 points within three years the court has to disqualify you for a minimum of 6 months under the totting up rules. You asked if the 2023 points have expired. They have not. Points stay on your licence for four years (your DVLA record shows they will not be removed until 18 September 2027)2, so they will still be counted and you will be on 12. Can you keep your licence? You can ask the court not to ban you because of exceptional hardship. This means the hardship has to be more than the normal hardship anyone suffers when they lose their licence. In your case you would explain to the court that you need to drive for your job3 and that your mother relies on you to get to her dialysis. The magistrates will decide whether this is exceptional. I cannot say for certain what they will decide.4 Your friend mentioned special reasons. This does not apply to you, as special reasons are for things connected with the offence itself, not your work or family situation. Your employer's letter We cannot tell the court that you will be sacked, because Dawn's letter says they would give you a job in the stores. We are not allowed to mislead the court. We will need to tell the court about the stores job if it comes up.5 Do you need to attend? Yes, you should attend court on 22 October.6 You will need to explain your hardship to the magistrates yourself, so it is important that you are there. I will come with you. At court you will be asked to enter a plea. As you accept you were speeding you will plead guilty.7 The court will then decide on the fine and the points, and will hear our argument about exceptional hardship. Next steps Please send me any evidence you have about your mother's treatment and your job before the hearing so that I can prepare.8 Please contact me if you have any questions. Yours sincerely Siobhan Kerr Holbrook Mistry LLP

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Work on next

Criminal Litigation: exceptional hardship, applying the burden, sworn evidence, job loss and alternatives to the client's facts

  1. 1.Explain the three-year rule as offence date to offence date, not the DVLA removal date
  2. 2.Apply exceptional hardship fully: burden, sworn evidence, job loss not enough given the stores offer, and the alternatives for his mother
  3. 3.Replace the opening recital with a short introduction and end with a specific, dated list of evidence
  • You spotted 2 of 4 key issues.
    • Partly: Will he be banned? Band A speeding gives 3 points; the 2023 points still count because the three years run offence to offence; 12 points means a minimum six-month totting-up ban
    • Partly: Can he keep his licence? Exceptional hardship (burden, sworn evidence, job loss not enough and he would be redeployed, his mother's dialysis and the alternatives, points stay, three-year bar on reuse); special reasons not available for personal circumstances
    • Partly: The hearing on 22 October: plead guilty for a one-third fine reduction that does not shorten a ban; exceptional hardship heard with his evidence; he must attend because the court cannot ban in his absence without adjourning
    • Partly: His request to tell the court he will be sacked and to keep the stores offer quiet
  • Not everything asked was answered: What he needs to do before the hearing is left vague; Why he must attend (no ban in his absence without an adjournment) is not explained
  • Reaches 12 points and rejects special reasons, but the three-year rule is applied by the DVLA removal date rather than offence dates, and exceptional hardship is stated rather than applied to the stores offer and the alternatives.
  • Says the outcome is uncertain, but gives no view on prospects, does not identify the evidence the court will test (patient transport, taxis, Farah) and closes with a vague request for 'any evidence'.
  • The opening paragraph retells the file note (time of offence, salary, rent) which Imran already knows.

Grades by criterion

Skills

Application of law

Tap a grade to see only its highlights. Tap a criterion to read the reason for its grade.

Law points

2 of 9 covered. Tap a point to read it in full.

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  • Covered
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A sample script written for this demonstration and marked against the SRA's assessment criteria.

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How it works

Four steps, every task

  1. 1

    Write it timed

    The papers in tabs, a plain editor and the exam's own time limit, as on the Pearson VUE screen.

  2. 2

    Get it marked

    Usually within two minutes: skills and law graded A to F on every SRA criterion, with the reason for each grade.

  3. 3

    Read the feedback

    Highlights on your own lines, the law points you covered and missed, and a model answer to compare side by side.

  4. 4

    Redraft

    Rewrite from the feedback and have it marked again. Your skills grid shows what to practise next.

Oral stations

Practise the oral stations aloud

Four of the 16 stations are oral. You practise them by speaking, and they are marked against the SRA's criteria for each skill.

  • Client interview

    Read the file, then interview a simulated client by voice. Press to talk, and the client answers aloud. Then write the attendance note, which is marked like a written task.

  • Advocacy

    Prepare from the case papers, then make your submissions aloud. A simulated judge asks you questions. Your grades come with quotes from what you said, and notes on pace, filler words and pauses.

What is included

Built around all 16 stations

  • Timed tasks in case and matter analysis, legal research, legal writing and legal drafting
  • Client interviews with a simulated client by voice, then the attendance note
  • Advocacy spoken aloud, with questions from a simulated judge
  • All five practice areas, with ethics tested throughout as in the exam
  • Every answer marked against the SRA's criteria, A to F, skills and law weighted equally
  • Comments on your own lines, the law points you missed and a model answer
  • A full mock of all 16 stations, written and oral
  • Daily Study drills and recall cards built from your own marked work

Plans

  • Monthly£49 a month
  • 3 months£129 every 3 months
  • Full cycle£219 once, 7 months
  • SQE1 + SQE2 Monthly£79 a month
  • SQE1 + SQE2£299 once, 18 months
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Guides to each part of SQE2

Questions

The marking is automated, against the SRA's published criteria for each skill and a marking scheme written for each task. If a grade looks wrong, flag it and we will review it.

No. The SRA has no pass mark for a single station: the result is the average across all 16 stations. We show your grades and how close your average is to the level of a pass, never a prediction.

Yes. In a client interview you question a simulated client by voice, then write the attendance note. In advocacy you make your submissions aloud and a simulated judge asks questions. Both are marked against the SRA's criteria, with notes on how you spoke.

Yes. One account holds both, with a switch between them. The SQE1 + SQE2 bundle covers both exams for 18 months.

Start with the free SQE2 diagnostic

About 20 minutes: a short marked writing task and quick questions across the other skills. You get grades for each criterion and the skill to work on first.

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