SQE1 Functioning Legal Knowledge A - LAW00107M
- Department: The York Law School
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: M
- Academic year of delivery: 2025-26
Module summary
This module, together with SQE1 Functioning Legal Knowledge B and SQE Functioning Legal Knowledge C, will enable students to develop and apply the functioning legal knowledge required of a competent day one solicitor, as prescribed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, and assessed in SQE1, the first part of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination. The module will also provide students with experience of the SQE1 single best answer MCQ assessment format.
Related modules
SQE1 Functioning Legal Knowledge B and SQE Functioning Legal Knowledge C are co-requisites.
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Semester 1 2025-26 |
Module aims
This module, together with SQE1 Functioning Legal Knowledge B and SQE Functioning Legal Knowledge C, will enable students to develop and apply the functioning legal knowledge required of a competent day one solicitor, as prescribed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), and assessed in SQE1, the first part of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination. The module will also provide students with experience of the SQE1 single best answer MCQ assessment format, both during the learning period, and as the form of assessment.
Module learning outcomes
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate a systematic understanding of the functioning legal knowledge of a competent newly qualified solicitor
2. Analyse realistic client-based cases, matters, problems and situations to identify relevant legal and ethical issues
3. Critically apply relevant core legal principles and rules to realistic client-based and ethical problems and situations to determine courses of action and provide solutions that meet client needs
4. Identify the processes and procedural steps required to progress legal matters and transactions for individual and business clients
5. Interpret, evaluate and apply the results of research, including practitioner know-how and legal documentation
6. Plan and implement tasks to progress legal matters and transaction for individual and/or business clients
7. Clearly and concisely communicate the outcomes of the above to clients and other professionals
Module content
The subjects within this, and the co-requisite modules, are those prescribed by the SRA, being:
- Business Organisations
- Dispute Resolution
- Criminal Practice
- Property Practice
- Wills and Probate
- Solicitors' Accounts
- Legal Services
- Professional Conduct
- Tort*
- Contract*
- Equity and trusts*
- Land Law*
- Criminal Law*
- Constitutional and administrative law, including EU*
- Taxation*
[The subjects denoted with * will be assessed in the context of one or more designated areas of practice from the first five areas listed above.]
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled) | 50 |
| Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled) | 50 |
Special assessment rules
None
Additional assessment information
Students will have multiple formative opportunities throughout the module to practise single best answer MCQs.
The two module assessments will comprise, respectively, the areas of law assessed by the SRA within its separate FLK 1 and FLK 2 assessments which make up SQE 1. Those are:
FLK 1: Business Law and Practice, Dispute Resolution, Contract, Tort, Legal System, Public Law, Legal Services
FLK 2: Property Practice, Wills and the Administration of Estates, Solicitors Accounts, Land Law, Trusts, Criminal
Subjects not listed above but which form part of the syllabus, e.g., Taxation and Professional Conduct, may be assessed in either of the two module assessments.
Reassessment will be at the component level. Note that reassessment will be available in the Semester 2 assessment weeks, to allow students, should they wish, to sit the external SQE1 sittings in July each year.
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled) | 50 |
| Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled) | 50 |
Module feedback
Students will receive feedback on their assessments in the form of an individual mark, and generic feedback on the specific answers to each MCQ question, within the University turnaround time.
Indicative reading
Students will be provided with specific texts that have been developed for SQE1 preparation.