oh my god this made me laugh so much u don't even know 😂 😂*£120,000
Yeah - I know at Dechert i would definitely not be practicing land law! But God I hated every aspect of that course so much I was never more relieved to get the 2:1 and wave bye to it, so it would take some serious mental fortitude to go through with the practical side of it on the LPC😂 and omg, really?! Thanks for the insider scoop!! I'm definitely attracted to stuff like the pension schemes and I got in for HR so I'll get free CIPD quals and study leave as well as basically a guaranteed place in the CS in 3 years. But I guess when you do a law degree, all anyone talks about is what firm they're applying to, whether US firms or MC firms are better, etc...it can really get you into a mindset of 'law or nothing' that's hard to let go of. I applied to the FS totally on a whim so I didn't expect to be thinking about this at all 😂😂Adding on to this:
My flatmate had an incredible fast stream internship with the Civil Service - they were supportive like none other company I've seen. My girlfriend also wants to join the Fast Stream - they apparently have incredibly flexible working practices, and once you're in you're able to transfer between departments pretty seamlessly! Needless to say, their pension schemes are top class as well if you get in through the Fast Stream.
Defo give it a good think over, and all the best @Kablahc for making it to the 1.5% (?) of applicants who make it into the FS
* that being said, if one had to join a US law firm for work/life balance, Dechert has the best work-life balances in the city (see chambers and legalcheek) ... apparently because it has a lacking of a social scene lol
**but who joins a US firm for worklife balance? 🤣
Really?! Thanks for letting me know! I don't have the resources to self-fund so I think I'd have to do a firm's approved programme at BPP or something so not sure how that works in terms of electives but I guess if someone offered me a TC i could always ask
Yeah, definitely agree. I guess the difficulty is that I don't have a particular passion for law one way or another, although I really like the lifestyle and the work being a solicitor would give me applying for other positions has definitely made me reconsider whether it's the job I want. ESPECIALLY being able to start straight away after graduation rather than accumulating 2 years of fat debt (because let's be real a £10-12k LPC grant is only barely gonna cover my student accommodation if I took the LPC in London)! Definitely makes me question whether or not I would be willing to accept a TC at a firm that pays a first year training salary of £30k considering all of the debt I'll be tallying up from a Masters/gap and LPC year. Plus having to do this all over again if the firm didn't retain me on qualification... gives me shivers!!!!Yep, I have an offer at an American finance company that I have waiting if law doesn't work out
But it's not about the money, it's about whether the job is for you.
