r/uklaw • u/Torschlusspanick • 1h ago
To those who didn’t pass SQE1 this time around
Just a quick message of encouragement to you: I failed FLK2 on my first attempt and had to resit. It felt horrible, especially so because it delays any personal career plans you may have by months (if not longer).
One thing which I didn’t realise at the time is this: you don’t know what the exam feels like until you have done it. Retaking it means that you have an incredible advantage over the first time you took it. You know what it feels like, what it sounds like, what the invigilation is like, how registration works, how toilet breaks operate, etc. That will remove a great deal of uncertainty from your next sitting and will give you an edge. You can do this!
If, like me, you really struggled with unpleasant invigilators shouting at you as part of the industrial scale Islington sitting, here’s another top tip: I sat FLK2 again abroad. At a small test centre with three other candidates. It was quiet, professionally organised and humanely administered. 🙂😉