Client Interview, Attendance Note and Legal Analysis for SQE2 is the latest title in a new series of books aimed at those preparing for SQE2, providing a comprehensive overview of everything you need to successfully pass the SQE2 advocacy assessment.

This book explains the key principles of oral communication, interview technique, and legal analysis in a clear, concise, and easy-to-understand style. The use of practical examples, from the practice areas set out by the SRA assessment specification, allows such key principles to be effectively introduced and illustrated. The book demonstrates the importance of the three key tenets of listening, questioning, and advising, with a view to ensuring that a matter can be analysed effectively, and effective and appropriate decisions can be made. The book provides a clear and structured approach, with opportunities to apply the relevant principles to the law. Chapters include summaries, key practice cases, practice tips, and exercises to reinforce learning and understanding.

Written by an author team with extensive experience in teaching and practice, this unique book will be essential reading for any candidate wishing to be fully prepared for their SQE2 assessment.

Ian Bowden is a practising solicitor advocate and the LLM SQE Programme Manager at Liverpool John Moores University. He is the author of Essential Constitutional and Administrative Law for SQE1 and Essential Legal System and Legal Services for SQE1.

Stephanie Brown is a solicitor with many years of experience in legal practice and is a legal trainer in a leading Manchester law firm.

Mohammad Sabuj is Barrister-at-Law (Lincoln’s Inn) and Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Greenwich.