This SQE2 revision guide covers the requirements of the SRA SQE2 assessment specification for oral skills in client interviewing and negotiation, which is examined four times a year in January, April, July and October. Designed specifically to help you prepare for the SQE2 assessment, it provides a clear, concise and highly focused overview of the subject, and outlines the essential interviewing and negotiation skills.

The book is clearly structured around the SRA specification and focuses only on the skills you need to revise for the SQE2 assessment. Each chapter examines the SQE2 assessment criteria and outlines the essentials of each skill, as well as making clear links to SQE1 functioning legal knowledge to help you understand how the law you learnt in SQE1 can be applied in practice. It demonstrates how you will be assessed at SQE2 and identifies the techniques required in the SQE2 assessment, in addition to highlighting pervasive issues of ethics and professional conduct.

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SQE Oral Skills for SQE2 Client Interviewing and Negotiation is available as a print book and ebook, and is suitable whether you are following an SQE preparation course, a self-study route or preparing to retake the SQE2 assessment.

"Revise SQE Oral Skills for SQE2: Client Interviewing and Negotiation" was written by Amy Sixsmith, David Sixsmith, Matthew Parry and Amanda Rees.

Dr Matthew Parry is a non-practising solicitor-advocate (civil) and is presently a lecturer at the Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law, Swansea University. He is co-chair of the England and Wales Client Interviewing Competition National Committee, the National Representative of Wales for the International Client Consultation Competition and he regularly coaches law school teams at negotiation competitions.

Amanda Rees has an extensive background in Civil Litigation and Probate having worked in both city and regional firms. She led the Civil Litigation and Probate modules on the LPC course at Swansea University and the Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Elective. She is an SRA external examiner.

Preparing to conduct the initial client interview

The interview: Part I

The interview: part II

The attendance note and legal analysis

Negotiation

Interview skills in practice

Practice assessment: wills and probate client interview

Practice assessment: property client interview

Final words

Appendix

Performance indicators for SQE2 client interviewing assessment criteria

Performance indicators for SQE2 attendance note/legal analysis assessment criteria