A graduate in need of career advice

[A worried graduate]

I have just received results for my assessments and will likely finish my degree with a solid 2:1.

Sadly, I have no training contract or even legal role lined up at this moment but I have secured work experience for 3 days at one of the Big 4 and a mock assessment centre at a London firm.

Should I be thinking of postgrad study or the LPC/SQE or is it better to sit out a year?

There is a Ulaw within commuting distance but it is rather pricey and the deadline to apply is in 3 weeks.

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

I have just received results for my assessments and will likely finish my degree with a solid 2:1.

Sadly, I have no training contract or even legal role lined up at this moment but I have secured work experience for 3 days at one of the Big 4 and a mock assessment centre at a London firm.

Should I be thinking of postgrad study or the LPC/SQE or is it better to sit out a year?

There is a Ulaw within commuting distance but it is rather pricey and the deadline to apply is in 3 weeks.

The deadline really won’t be three weeks. They say these things but they will still be selling the course in the weeks leading up to it starting.

There will also be courses starting in January/February, so maybe continuing building up your experience and developing your CV and then reassess whether you want to continue with the LPC or SQE towards the end of this year.

 

[A worried graduate]

The deadline really won’t be three weeks. They say these things but they will still be selling the course in the weeks leading up to it starting.

There will also be courses starting in January/February, so maybe continuing building up your experience and developing your CV and then reassess whether you want to continue with the LPC or SQE towards the end of this year.

Is there any particular downside to starting in January/Feb such as with student finance (If I take a SQE/LPC LLM) or TC prospects?

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Is there any particular downside to starting in January/Feb such as with student finance (If I take a SQE/LPC LLM) or TC prospects?

Not that I can think of.

 

[A worried graduate]

Not that I can think of.

Thank you.

Do you have advice for good strategies or types of roles that I could get straight from a degree that can be useful.

Is the best approach to just look at local high street firms?

 

[A worried graduate]

Not that I can think of.

Would you advise that I think about self-funding or should I stay away from studying for a cycle?