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    Halfway through training contract and regretting my choices.

    There are no seat rotations here for the TC, as this office I am at focus predominantly on residential property and they are not willing to switch me over because my figures are very good at residential. Thank you, that is a good point. In effect, I need good experience. My experience is...
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    Halfway through training contract and regretting my choices.

    Hello Jessica, yes I have discussed that I would like to move into commercial but the work is not being provided to me. Technically, as I have done 3 commercial files they can say that I have gained commercial property experience but it is not what I was expecting. I do want to explore the...
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    Halfway through training contract and regretting my choices.

    Hello all. I am an LPC grad, and began the training contract last year. I am in conveyancing, and I am set to take my SQE2 next year. My thoughts are that I just vehemently dislike the area of law I am in due to the estate agents and the business model of the firm which leads to high...
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    Submitting a last minute application. Will it be considered?

    Today, I submitted my Foot Anstey application for the 2021 training contract. Although the deadline was today, the portal still let me submit the application. I am just hoping that my application gets considered, but I got an email which read: "Thank you for applying for our vacation...
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    Stephenson Harwood - question on TC application form

    They ask "Are there any particular matters which you wish to raise if invited to interview?" (150 words). What are they looking for in this question? It seems like a vague question. I don't have anything particularly which I want to raise.
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    LPC Interviewing exam mistake - fail ?

    I remember though that he mentioned in the fact pattern that out of his two friends , only one would be working part time on the venture and the other would be still working in his old job elsewhere. Hence the chairman suggestion. However I didn’t explain quorum and that there would likely be a...
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    LPC Interviewing exam mistake - fail ?

    In brighter news I found the wills exam today pretty easy. PLR was also ok a few weeks back. I just really don’t want to fail an exam and have to retake it, it looks bad.
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    LPC Interviewing exam mistake - fail ?

    Basically I made a mistake on the solution of my legal interview. The scenario was that the client was setting up a company with two friends. He and his two friends were setting up a company and wanted advice on this. After questioning him, I advised that he should set up a shelf company, and...

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