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I have passed the QLTS examinations and am now on my way to getting qualified as an English solicitor. As I’ve mentioned elsewhere before, I managed to pass both the Multiple Choice Test (MCT) and the Organised Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) on my first attempt with good scores despite only having just two weeks of preparation time for each of them. I know how challenging it can be for a practising lawyer to take on the QLTS, so hopefully this note on what worked (or didn't work) for me will help other current and prospective candidates with their preparations for the exam.

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As a general disclaimer, I should state here that my perspective is that of a Singaporean disputes lawyer (i.e. trained in the common law and having English as my first language), so what worked for me, may not work so well for others. I should also state that I had by no means acquired perfect scores (MCT 76%; OSCE 86%), but I think I had achieved a good result with what little time I had.

The Core Materials

Books

I have been told by several past candidates that the books of choice should be the Oxford University Press (OUP) Concentrates (see: https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/c/concentrate-conc/?cc=sg&lang=en&). However, I ultimately found the OUP Concentrates to cover way too much ground. With only two weeks of preparation time, I had to find another way.

What I used instead were the Law Answered notes, specifically the GDL Answered notes (for the MCT) and the LPC Answered notes (for the OSCE). You may find them here at https://www.lawanswered.com/. They are essentially concise (but high quality) notes made by past candidates for the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) and the Legal Practice Course (LPC) in England and Wales.

In my experience, only the core guides are needed; there is no need to get the accompanying case books as well. I found the notes to be good enough that I had no need to spend time making my own short notes. The only ones I found lacking were the notes on property practice and business law (specifically the partnership law section). I would therefore recommend getting the OUP Concentrates for those subjects as a supplement to the Law Answered notes.

Free online casino games real money no deposit uk. You may be able to get copies of older versions from past candidates, but I would highly recommend purchasing the latest version from the website. You will not want to spend time researching the latest legal developments and tax rate revisions in the UK just to figure out what the older notes may have missed.

Practice Tests

For the MCT, I only used the sample questions found on the Kaplan website: https://qlts.kaplan.co.uk/the-assessment/mct. This is just enough to give you a flavour of what questions you can expect to come out, but not much else. If you wish to be fully prepared, I would suggest signing up with a course provider that can provide you with comprehensive mock papers.

For the OSCE, apart from the Kaplan sample materials (https://qlts.kaplan.co.uk/the-assessment/osce) and the QLTS Advantage materials (elaborated on below), I used the past papers and model answers from the CILEX website (Chartered Institute of Legal Executives): see https://www.cilex.org.uk/study/information_for_students/exams/past_papers. Both the Level 3 and Level 6 papers have subjects relevant for the OSCE. I did not have the time to attempt the papers, so all I did was study the model answers to about three sets of past papers. I found that to be very useful for the writing component of the OSCE exams, as the model answers are designed to be concise answers for practical questions that may be posed by a client.

Courses

Some have also asked whether signing up for a course is a good idea. I did not sign up for one for the MCT, but I did sign up for the QLTS Advantage course for the OSCE (https://www.qltsadvantage.com/).

I found the QLTS Advantage course to be excellent for the OSCE. It does not provide you with good study notes (you should stick with the Law Answered notes), but where it truly shines is its provision of practice questions with full-length video explanations from actual law professors and tutors on how to best tackle them. The revision videos were also pretty comprehensive, with special focus on the areas that are likely to be tested on. I found myself learning a lot in a short amount of time simply by watching the videos (often at 2x playback speed). It is not cheap by any means, but you really get what you pay for.

Having said that, I do believe it is possible to pass the QLTS without signing up for any such courses, but it will definitely be harder, and hopefully you will (unlike me) have more than just two weeks of preparation time.

The MCT

For the MCT, the following subjects are covered by the exams:

Contract Law
Tort Law
Criminal Law
Land Law
Equity & Trusts
Public Law
Business Law
Tax Law
Human Rights Law
Solicitors’ Accounts
Professional Conduct
English Legal System

For my study schedule, I essentially spent one entire day each for subjects I was already familiar with (e.g. contract law, tort law) while I spent two days each on subjects that were more alien to me (e.g. EU law, land law). I then did the Kaplan sample questions (available from the website) and revised heavily in the last three days leading up to the test date. As I was seriously pressed for time, I had taken a gamble and skipped out on fully studying some subjects (e.g. Human Rights Law, English Legal System), but I found that doing so did not really hurt me by much in the exams. If your goal is simply to pass and you have insufficient preparation time, my advice would be to focus on the subjects that you are already familiar with and do a good job with those so that you can be assured that you will get the questions on those subjects correct, but ultimately you will need to exercise your own discretion on what level of preparation you will be comfortable with. You should also note that the MCT is only concerned with general principles of law, so there is no need to memorise case names, section numbers, etc.

For the exam itself, time management is essential. You should spare only one to two minutes for each question – if you truly don’t know the answer, choose any one option and move on to the next question. There are various exam techniques that one can apply here with regard to multiple-choice questions, e.g. process of elimination. The MCT is split up into two parts with a small break in between – bring food and water to refuel during that break. For my experience, I had finished the first part at the very last second because I had spent too much time with the difficult questions, in particular the ones that require calculations like tax law. The second part was much easier for me as I had become accustomed to the stress and I stopped fretting about getting the correct answer for each question. It is much more important to answer as many questions as you can than to assure yourself that you’ve got the right answer to the question right in front of you – remember that you only need to achieve th