QLTS Exam Preparation Course

QLTS EXAM STAGES 

The QLTS Exam consists of two stages:

• QLTS MCT – Multiple Choice Test in July and January each year.
• QLTS OSCE – Objective Structured Clinical Examination.

Candidates must first pass the QLTS MCT before proceeding to the QLTS OSCE.

THE QLTS MCT EXAM is a multiple-choice test, which consists of 180 multiple-choice questions. The assessment is divided into 2 sessions of 2 hours 45 minutes each, with 90 questions in each session.

Kaplan QLTS is the sole authorised exam assessment provider. They are not authorised to provide QLTS preparation courses. The Solicitors Regulation Authority is the governing body that determines the outcomes which candidates must demonstrate on the exam. 

The outcomes/subjects are:

• A1 Knowledge of the jurisdiction, authority and procedures of the legal institutions and professions that initiate, develop, interpret and apply the law of England and Wales and the European Union.
• A2 Knowledge of applicable constitutional law and judicial review processes.
• A3 Knowledge of the rules of professional conduct, including the SRA Accounts Rules
• A4 Knowledge of the regulatory and fiscal frameworks within which business, legal and financial services transactions are conducted
• A5 Understanding of Contract law
• A6 Understanding of Torts
• A7 Understanding of criminal law
• A8 Understanding of property law
• A9 Understanding of Equitable rights and obligations
• A10 Understanding of Human Rights
• A11 Understanding of the laws applicable to business structures and the concept of legal personality

QLTS OSCE EXAM - OFFERED IN NOVEMBER AND MAY EACH YEAR

After passing the QLTS MCT, you will then be eligible to apply and sit for the QLTS OSCE.

The objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) assesses the skills of client interviewing, completion of attendance note/case analysis, advocacy/oral presentation (OSCE part 1), legal drafting, legal research and legal writing (OSCE part 2) in the contexts of business, civil and criminal litigation and property and probate, meaning that students will undertake 18 assessments over six half-day exams.

Outcome C. Transactional and dispute resolution skills

• C1 Ability to establish business structures and transfer businesses
• C2 Ability to seek resolution of civil and criminal matters
• C3 Ability to establish and transfer proprietary rights and interests
• C4 Ability to obtain a grant of probate and administer an estate
• C5 Ability to draft legal documentation to facilitate the above transactions and matters
• C6 Ability to plan and progress transactions and matters expeditiously and with propriety

Outcome D. Legal, professional and client relationship knowledge skills

• D1 Knowledge of the legal services market
• D2 Knowledge of commercial factors affecting legal practice
• D3 Ability to undertake factual and legal research using paper and electronic media
• D4 Knowledge to use technology to store, retrieve and analyse information
• D5 Knowledge to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with clients, colleagues and other professionals
• D6 Ability to advocate a case on behalf of a client
• D7 Ability to exercise solicitors’ rights of audience
• D8 Ability to recognise clients’ financial, commercial and personal priorities and constraints
• D9 Ability to exercise effective client relationship management skills

Outcome E. Professional values, behaviours, attitudes and ethics

• F1 Knowledge of the values and principles upon which the rules of professional conduct have been developed
• F2 Ability to behave professionally and with integrity
• F3 Ability to identify issues of culture, disability and diversity
• F4 Ability to respond appropriately and effectively to the above issues in dealings with clients, colleagues and others from a range of social, economic and ethnic backgrounds
• F5 Ability to recognise and resolve ethical dilemmas