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Don't wait to start on LinkedIn after qualification. This week I share a practical guide to LinkedIn for SQE candidates, even if you have no legal experience yet and your profile currently sits empty. 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝘆 Many recruiters and hiring managers search LinkedIn before they read your CV. More importantly
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Best newsletters for SQE candidates is a question I sometimes get asked, usually by someone who has just realised how much of legal practice sits outside the textbook. The honest answer is that most of them will not help you pass. That does not make them a waste of time.
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FLK 1 is behind you. One Exam Down, Here Is How To Walk Into FLK 2. Whatever happened in that hall, it is finished, and no amount of replaying question 87 changes a single mark. The only exam that exists now is the one in front of you. Stop Marking
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Walk into your SQE with a clear head. That is the whole goal this week. If you are sitting FLK 1 or FLK 2 in the coming days, this issue is for you. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 key Nerves are unreliable narrators. The week of an exam they will tell you that you know
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Here is a rule that will protect your career more than once: never send an emotional email. Not to a partner who criticised your work. Not to opposing counsel who moved a deadline. Not to the client who questioned your fee. The moment you feel your pulse in your fingertips
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AI cannot tell you what matters most to the client. It can draft the letter, pull the precedent, and produce a first draft faster than any trainee in the building. The technical floor has never been easier to reach. But the part that decides whether a client trusts you, comes
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Are conferences worth the investment while studying for the SQE? It's a fair question when your time and money are already stretched thin. A good conference can put you in the same room as solicitors, recruiters, and other candidates who are exactly where you want to be, and
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The SRA training provider list has over 100 entries. Every provider claims to prepare you for the SQE. Most look identical at first glance. If you are trying to figure out which course to pick, the volume of options alone can stop you from making any decision at all. That
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A common instinct when preparing for the SQE is to wait until you feel confident before doing the hard things. That instinct is understandable. It is also backwards. SQE confidence comes from doing, not waiting, and the research behind that is worth understanding. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 Psychologist Albert Bandura spent decades studying what
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Most AI advice for aspiring solicitors is either all in or all out. This guide gives you a practical framework for knowing when to lead, when to verify, and when to step back entirely.
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SQE 1 Update: SRA Rationales vs. The Law Society Toolkit. SRA confirms no new questions for 2026. Learn how to use these two in your prep. The SRA confirmed on 22 May 2026 that no new SQE 1 sample questions will be released this year. Instead, candidates are getting rationale
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You can leave a client meeting having said all the right things legally and still lose the room. The client felt unheard. The conversation felt transactional. Nothing you said was wrong, but something was missing. That something is what separates the lawyers clients forget from the ones they call back.