SQE 1 Preparation: Portfolio Assessment-analyse and reflect upon your development of the practical legal skills that the Solicitors Regulation Authority (the SRA) : Reflective Portfolio, Coursework, UK

Introduction

Throughout your module, you will be provided with opportunities to practise, analyse and reflect upon your development of the practical legal skills that the Solicitors Regulation Authority (the SRA) will assess in Stage 2 of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). Those skills are separated into the following oral skills and written skills:

Learning outcomes:

Knowledge and Understanding

Ref. – Upon successful completion of this module, students will be able to demonstrate:

K2- A comprehensive and systematic knowledge and conceptual understanding of the methodologies underpinning the practical application of legal skills and attributes that are relevant to contemporary legal and professional practice.

Professional Skills and Attitudes

Ref. – Upon successful completion of this module, students will be able to:

Act autonomously to plan, manage and progress professional or legal tasks,
identifying matters requiring further inquiry or supervision and exercising appropriate professional judgement to resolve relevant ethical or regulatory issues.

General Transferable Skills

Ref. -Upon successful completion of this module, students will be able to:

T1:- Demonstrate a high degree of professionalism, characterised by the ability to independently and effectively plan and manage academic and professional tasks.

Reflective Statement

Your reflective statement should focus on the development of your professional competence in the practical legal skills that form the basis of the SRA’s skills assessments in the SQE. Those skills are comprised as follows:

Oral Skills

• Advocacy.
• Client interview (and attendance note /
• legal analysis).

Written Skills

• Case and matter analysis
• Legal research
• Legal drafting
• Legal writing

Assessment structure

A proposed structure for your portfolio assessment is provided below. Reflective Statement

Overall Introduction [100-200 words]:

• Which two skills are you focusing on? (A reminder that you must select one oral skill and one written skill).
• Why have you selected these particular skills (as opposed to the other SQE 2 practical legal skills) – why are they important to you, or why have they provided particular insight into your development over the course of the module when compared with the others?

Main body [500 – 750 words for each skill – so 1,000 to 1.500 words in totall

• What framework are you using to organise your reflections? (BPP has provided you with a reflective note template and we strongly suggest that you use the structure and framework used in that document while also referring to: the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for this module; the SRA’s assessment specification for SQE 2; and, if relevant, any other relevant competency statements).
• What did you learn/focus on as you developed your skill? (Refer to evidence of practice in the light of the SRA’s assessment specification for the SQE 2 practical legal skills and, if relevant, any other relevant competency statements).
• What have you concluded are your successes and strengths, for you to consolidate upon? *
• What have you concluded are the areas that posed particular challenges, and that you need to continue to improve upon?*
• What will you do in the future, to continue to develop this skill (both to consolidate on success and to overcome continuing challenges)? *

Overall conclusion [200-300 words]

• How effectively did you bring together knowledge/theory and practice?
•  What can you do to continue to develop as a reflective practitioner, not just in relation to your selected skills but also given the others that you have practised over the course of this term?

Reference list [not included in word count limit]:

• Referenced sources cited in reflective statement (if applicable).

SQE2: ORAL SKILLS

Assessment criteria

Candidates will be assessed against the following criteria:

• Use appropriate language and behaviour.
• Adopt a clear and logical structure.
• Present a persuasive argument.
• Interacts with/engages the court appropriately.
• Include all key relevant facts.
• Application of law.
• Apply the law correctly to the client’s situation.
• Apply the law comprehensively to the client’s situation, identifying any ethical and professional conduct issues and exercising judgment to resolve them honestly and with integrity.

SQE2: WRITTEN SKILLS

Assessment objective

Candidates can demonstrate they are able to produce a written report to a partner giving a legal analysis of the case and client-focused advice.

Assessment criteria

Candidates will be assessed against the following criteria:
Identify relevant facts.

• Provide client-focused advice (i.e. advice which demonstrates an understanding of the problem from the client’s point of view and what the client wants to achieve, not just from a legal perspective).
• Use clear, precise, concise and acceptable language.
• Application of law.
• Apply the law correctly to the client’s situation.
• Apply the law comprehensively to the client’s situation, identifying any ethical and professional conduct issues and exercising judgment to resolve them honestly and with integrity.

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