🇬🇧 SQE1 · 2 papers · 360 MCQs · 5 options
Two papers. One profession.
Train FLK1 and FLK2 as one system.
SQE1 is a breadth exam: 14 practice areas, two 180-question papers, one scaled pass mark each — and SRA principles and conduct woven through everything. Myndaq drills the whole map, weakness-first, with an AI tutor on every question.
About the exam
SQE1, on the record
SQE1 is the first stage of the Solicitors Regulation Authority's route to qualifying as a solicitor of England and Wales. It is two computer-based exams — FLK1 and FLK2 — sat at Pearson VUE test centres, each 180 single-best-answer questions with five options. Both must be passed, you get up to three attempts within six years, and SQE1 is followed by SQE2 and qualifying work experience.
The two tracks
Same shape, different law
FLK1
Functioning legal knowledge, paper one: business, litigation and the legal system — 180 single-best-answer questions in the real five-option format.
FLK2
Functioning legal knowledge, paper two: property, estates, trusts and crime — the same 180-question, five-option, single-best-answer shape as track one.
Both papers must be passed. Our 14 practice areas map the full breadth — so nothing on either track is a stranger on exam day.
Inside Myndaq
Built like a coach, not a question bank
The real SBAQ shape, every day
Ten-question sessions in the exam's own format — single best answer, five options, plausible distractors. Instant scoring, and a clear explanation of why the best answer beats the second-best. That gap is where SQE1 is won.
An AI tutor that argues like a lawyer
The Myndaq Tutor sees the exact question on your screen. Ask why option D fails and it reasons through the rule with you — it guides, and never just hands over the answer. Ethics questions included: the golden thread runs through the tutor too.
Guides your reasoning. Never spoils the answer.
Breadth is the boss fight — fight it weakness-first
Fourteen practice areas is too many to revise evenly. Myndaq tracks your accuracy across both tracks, ranks your weak areas, and quietly rebuilds each day's practice around them — so your hours go where your marks are.
Analytics
Know where you stand on the scaled mark
Every attempt feeds a live picture of your readiness — per track, per practice area, per day.
Why Myndaq
Prep that holds both tracks at once
AI tutor on every question
Stuck between two "right" answers? Ask right there — it explains the why, never just the key.
The real SBAQ format
Five options, single best answer, both papers' shape — drilled with instant scoring on every item.
Weakness-first analytics
14 practice areas ranked by your accuracy — practice rebuilds itself around the weakest.
Study anywhere
Phone, tablet or laptop — progress syncs. A commute is a practice set.
How it works
Three rungs, every day
Practice in short sessions
Ten SBAQs at a time, matched to your level. Instant scoring, instant explanations.
Alternate the tracks
Work FLK1 and FLK2 side by side so neither paper goes cold — with conduct questions woven through both.
Fix weak areas with the tutor
Debrief every miss, then let Myndaq queue a set built from your weakest practice areas.
FAQ
Asked before every sitting
How many attempts do I get at SQE1?
Up to three attempts within a six-year period — and both FLK1 and FLK2 must be passed.
What is the difference between FLK1 and FLK2?
FLK1 covers business, litigation and the legal system; FLK2 covers property, estates, trusts and crime. Same format on both: 180 single-best-answer questions.
How many questions is SQE1 in total?
360 — two computer-based papers of 180 questions each, sat at Pearson VUE test centres, every question single best answer with five options.
Is ethics a separate paper?
No — SRA principles and professional conduct are pervasive. Ethics can surface inside any question on either paper, which is exactly how we drill it.
How is SQE1 marked?
Each assessment carries one scaled pass mark. There's no per-area minimum — which is why breadth-wide, weakness-first practice is the rational strategy.
What comes after SQE1?
SQE2, plus qualifying work experience — together they complete the route to qualifying as a solicitor of England and Wales.
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