SQE revision timetable

This free SQE revision timetable turns your exam date and the hours you can study each week into a week-by-week plan for SQE1 or SQE2. It spreads the subjects by their size, then keeps the last weeks for timed mocks and your weak areas.

How the timetable is built

The planner gives bigger subjects more hours. For SQE1, Business Law and Practice, Dispute Resolution and Property Practice get the most time because they are wide subjects with many rules and procedures. Solicitors Accounts gets the least because it is narrow, though it still needs regular practice. Ethics is examined across both FLK assessments, so it sits inside Legal Services and in your daily mixed questions rather than in one week.

For SQE2, the first weeks refresh the law in the five practice contexts, then the plan rotates through the six skills. Client interviewing and advocacy get extra time because they are performed live and most candidates have the least practice at them.

About the last fifth of the time (a quarter for SQE2) is kept for timed mocks. A mock only helps if you then spend the rest of that week fixing what it showed, so each mock week says exactly that.

How many hours do you need for the SQE?

There is no published figure, and it depends on your legal background. As a working guide, many candidates who studied law plan several hundred hours for SQE1 and fewer for SQE2, because SQE2 builds on SQE1 law. Qualified lawyers from other countries often need less time on skills and more on English and Welsh procedure, land law and solicitors accounts.

If the planner says your plan is tight, the fix is usually more hours per week rather than fewer weeks of mocks. Recent SQE1 pass rates have been between 41% and 56% of all candidates (see SQE pass rates), so a realistic plan matters.

Make the plan work

Questions every day. For SQE1, answer single best answer questions in the subject of the week every day, and a short mixed set twice a week so earlier subjects stay fresh. The free SQE1 question bank picks your weaker topics.
Keep a mistakes list. Write the rule you missed in one line. Read the list in the final week.
SQE2: perform, do not just read. Do at least one timed task each week and read the report. A free client interview with an AI client is a quick way to start.
Protect the mock weeks. If you fall behind, shorten a learning week, not the mock weeks.
Check your date. Confirm your sitting and booking window on the SQE dates page.

Example: 16 weeks, 15 hours a week, SQE1

That gives 240 hours. The planner keeps 3 weeks for mocks and spreads about 195 hours over 13 subjects, so Business Law and Practice gets about 22 hours across weeks 1 and 2, and Solicitors Accounts about 7 hours. Weeks 14 and 15 are a timed FLK1 mock and a timed FLK2 mock, each followed by work on weak subjects, and week 16 is light review.

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Questions

How do I make an SQE1 revision timetable?

Count the weeks to your exam and the hours you can study each week, give larger subjects more time, keep the last few weeks for timed mocks, and answer questions every day. The planner on this page does the arithmetic for you.

How many weeks should I study for SQE1?

There is no set number. Many candidates plan several months part time. Enter your own weeks and hours and the planner will tell you if the plan looks tight.

Should I revise FLK1 and FLK2 together?

If you sit both in the same window, yes. The planner can also make a plan for FLK1 only or FLK2 only, for example for a resit of one assessment.

When should I start SQE2 mocks?

Start timed practice early, then keep about the last quarter of your plan for full timed mocks and the weaknesses they show.

Is the SQE revision timetable free?

Yes. It runs in your browser, needs no sign-up, and saves your plan only on your device.

Sources: SRA: SQE assessment dates; Law Society: how the SQE is run. Checked 10 November 2026.