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Anna O'Doherty

Anna O'Doherty

Anna O'Doherty is a trainee solicitor at Arthur Cox LLP in Ireland who appeared on the firm's AC Audio podcast sharing FE1 exam advice.

Sep 25, 2026

1:33
So how did you kind of break down your FE1 journey and how you would approach how you would tackle them?
1:41
Yeah, so it was actually during my internship, I was speaking to one of the partners here and I'd explained that I'd love to travel and live abroad for a little while before starting my traineeship.
1:51
And she said it was a good idea to do that in advance of the traineeship beginning.
1:55
So I decided I was going to try to balance travel and living abroad and working full time with doing the FU1s so I could kind of do everything at once.
2:05
So I would 100% recommend if you don't have a time limit and if you want to kind of prioritize other things at the same time to spread out the sittings.
2:15
So I personally would recommend kind of three, three and two.
2:19
Now, I know a few people who did them in two sittings.
6:40
What would you say are the kind of the biggest misconceptions about the FE1 and what was your experience?

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