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I feel so disappointed I messed up consistently today

ADVOCACY
Very happy for the test, but absolutely flopped my delivery. I was so nervous and stuttering and correcting myself constantly. I know I mentioned the right things for the most part. And my submissions were structures and I told judge where to go in docs. But other than that, I repeated myself constantly and referred to my client as appellant and then defendant intercharngeably so much. The nerves rly took a hold on me. And I had to ask for a moment twice because I was so lost. Also the judge didn’t ask me any questions so I have no idea what to make of that but low key thankful bc I wanted to get tf out of there.

Managed to get a random professional conduct point in there and the overriding objective. But I just feel that it was a poor presentation that would honestly be marked a 0 because of how little I was being coherent in the main part of my submissions.

I’m just really disappointed in it and have no idea how much an absolute lack of confidence will limit my marks.

INTERVIEW
I thought the things asked were really nuanced and weird. I checked my answers after and I got one form wrong in attendance note and another one of my points was not developed well at all. Aside from that, I don’t remember my AN well but I just have a feeling I didn’t note down all the things that sort of led to the decision if that makes sense.

The actual interview went well and my client was really nice and seemed like he was almost giving some info when he felt I was focusing on something uneccesary. But I feel like so many of my points in the AN were that the client will get back to me.

How much detail is required in the AN on what was discussed and led to decision?

Congrats to all that have finished sqe2!!!

Does anyone have any advice for interview? I feel like it’s the one I’m most worried for. Advocacy feels manageable skill wise because I have a bit of experience with public speaking. But the unpredictability of the interview is stressing me.

I’ve heard so much about people having hostile clients, and I just am getting this general sense that I’m going to be so out of my depths 😭.

I’m also struggling to think how much detail to revise the law in because the client just needs preliminary advice and the attendance note exemplars are usually very to the point and just conclude the advice given and a brief line on why.

Help needed!!!
I know this is a throwback and it’s so hard to remember, but I randomly started spiralling about the Business law drafting doc. It’s going to drive me crazy…

Being mindful of NDA- the requirement needed for the thing (I.e. what the document was a record of). Was that already stated- as in we didn’t need to amend the document to add that in? (To be more specific this requirement mandates at least 2 X’s are Y for the Z to be valid)

Because I’m aware the document we draft needs to be legally valid, and of course if I missed that out and it wasn’t given to us, then the actual event I was drafting for would not count and be void.

Sorry if I sound manic, it’s bc I actually am after this hellhole of sqe2 <3

For the oral exams are there any FLK topics that aren’t likely/definitely won’t come up?

So for example in interviewing I can see how in property certain land topics like easements of covenants may come up. But would trusts come up as readily?

And for advocacy- things like enforcement and juridiction for DR, or advice at the police station for CLP?

And for advocacy how likely are underlying modules to come up? Or in depth?

Hey everyone!

I wanted to ask if I’m really screwed…

I think in all legal writing and CMA exams bar 1 I timed out. For most of them I was writing up my last line or two, and it usually wasn’t a legal point I was adding but rather a conclusion of that section of advice.

In research, I have no words. It was terror and the first two I managed to get research down with a few lines on how it applies to the clients case after each but in the business one I just copied research from thee sources bc wtf was that exam (I was morning sitting).

Similar for legal drafting too I was at the end of tying things up.

I just wanted to know if this could impact my structure marks or if anyone else struggled with timing this much. QLTS and BPP recommended we have 5 minutes at the end to look over, but I felt the SRA questions were asking like 4/5 things each exam and my timing was a mess.
So I didn’t check for spelling or anything at all.

Thanks all!