About This Course
A focused performance workshop for candidates who understand the law but lose marks when questions are long, unfamiliar or deliberately close. Participants learn how to deal with plausible options, precision words, missing predicted answers and time pressure. The session replaces improvised decision-making with practical rules for answering, flagging and moving on calmly.
• When does further analysis improve an answer, and when does it waste time?
• Which wording in an option signals the wrong legal threshold?
• What personal behaviour appears when several difficult questions occur together?
Learning outcomes
• Apply core exam rules that prevent avoidable lost marks.
• Break down long fact patterns without treating every detail as equally important.
• Use wording such as could, should, must, most likely and best to distinguish close options.
• Resolve a two-option dilemma using the call, legal threshold and decisive fact.
• Make controlled answer, flag and move-on decisions under time pressure.
Requirements
Course Staff
Suzanne Reece
Suzanne Reece is an SQE coach, author, and solicitor [NP] who helps graduates and internationally trained lawyers prepare for the SQE1 and SQE2 exams in England and Wales.
Before moving into legal education, Suzanne spent 17 years working in private legal practice, specialising in high-value civil claims.
Suzanne is known for explaining legal skills in a clear, practical, and exam-focused way. Her books include The Solicitor’s Mindset – A Tactical Approach to Passing SQE2, 10 Reasons Why You Didn’t write an Outstanding Opinion and LLM Dissertation: How to Maximise Your Marks.
Her work is especially useful for graduates who are new to the England and Wales legal system and want a structured, accessible guidance to build confidence and succeed in their SQE journey.
