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  1. J

    BPP LPC help. 3Days?

    Good luck to everyone in next week's elective exams which may be the last exams ever for many people, hopefully (other than the small finance exam in the Professional Skills Course during a training contract, unless LPC resits are required). I just noticed that the exam timetable/dates from...
  2. J

    Paralegal after LPC?

    If you don't have to pay rent on somewhere may be work abroad in an area not related to law for the fun of it/nominal salary eg in an exotic location in a holiday resort. One of my lawyer children did that. As for paralegalling - yes one of my sons did that for 3 months full time between PGDL...
  3. J

    BPP LPC help. 3Days?

    I agree with h1, make the SGSs your core revision work/time. I believe my twins did the same. They also had a book LPC Answered and they have Liam Porritt's notes. Just find what works for you. Don't panic. Exactly what you said is fine- go over each SGS.
  4. J

    BPP LPC help. 3Days?

    All well here on the results front today. It is always a relief, as a parent of twins, when they both do fine. I hope everyone else has done okay.
  5. J

    BPP LPC help. 3Days?

    Email from BPP today about the core subjects (and most skills results). Most results are out at 2pm on Monday (assuming you can log in if everyone else is logging in at the same time). I regard this as the main results day as about 63% of the marks are for the core subjects. Good luck to everyone.
  6. J

    LPC - ULaw v BPP

    Their older sisters didn't bother and said it was just a bit of extra work with no need to do it (and everyone knows it is not a normal proper masters anyway - in a sense it just means you need a student loan or your law firm sponsoring you insists you do the masters, not all firms do). I would...
  7. J

    BPP LPC help. 3Days?

    My twins with BPP were able to choose 2 days a week which has applied in the first 2 sections of the course (but not the exact days). The electives from late March are different as everyone has different combinations and my twins are currently in at SGSs (seminars) on 4 days a week now but that...
  8. J

    Advice needed on SQE and career in general

    There is no cycle for paralegal roles so you could apply immediately. You might just want however to obtain a masters loan and do the LPC in September full time as you are still allowed to remain under the previous system having started your LLB in time and hope a firm will take you on without...
  9. J

    Bad A Levels - will this stop me obtaining a Training Contract

    A smaller firm might be more likely to take you on. Were you GCSEs really good? If so that might help although I know normally GCSE grades are not examined but if the A levels are a sea of disaster sandwiched between superb GCSEs and your good degree that might help for those firms who dot not...
  10. J

    BPP LPC help. 3Days?

    Thanks. It has been a good 35 years anyway.... Good luck with this electives part of the course.
  11. J

    (P)GDL Cold feet- was SQE right instead?

    Good advice above. I am certainly not an expert, but the City Conrsortium firms are putting future trainees through the BPP PGDL (two terms) where they are non law graduates like you and then a term of SQE1 preparation (and then the exam) and then SQE 2 prep course and exam BPP have an LLM...
  12. J

    BPP LPC help. 3Days?

    Yes, it is just as well it is just for 5 weeks. The end is in sight. When the twins had one session online one week last year (as a tutor was ill ) and they then had an in-person one 15 mins later BPP let the class use a room at BPP for the online one. I am not sure if there will be space...
  13. J

    Difference between LLM (SQE preparation course) and MA Law (SQE1)

    Good points above (and plenty of people do an LLM under the current system with an LPC course just to obtain a student loan in England from the state so it is not really like most other masters). If I were you I would do the BPP law conversion with SQE1 and 2 preparation course - if your...
  14. J

    BPP LPC help. 3Days?

    I expect the timetables for next week will come out after close of office hours tonight (favourite time for BPP announcements) - they do not seem to be out yet and are due out today. However we can see them on the VLE but those may not be finalised and interestingly one of my sons for the...
  15. J

    BPP LPC help. 3Days?

    Announcement on Hub that timetables are delayed until Friday (which is cutting it a bit fine for starting on Monday as you are not allowed to approach BPP about any necessary changes to groups until the timetable is out). The only reason it is relevant in my twins' case is they travel in...
  16. J

    BPP LPC help. 3Days?

    Everyone probably has the hang of the LPC on this thread by this late stage but today there is a survey / form under Announcements to be completed only by those who want to do their electives by hand in the exam hall. Those like my twins who are doing them digitally are not expected to complete...
  17. J

    LPC Resits

    I do not think it will matter and you should just do the resits, pass them and forget about those modules - they are not very important and I would be surprised if every City firm had a policy on a failure of one of those ones. I agree with the advice above that before applying to a firm email...
  18. J

    BPP Accelerated LPC (Consortium firms)

    Last year (2021) the BPP accelerated LPC teaching started on 16th August. I would imagine there was some preparation to be done before that date but I think that was the date of the first week of teaching. I don't know about 2022. £10k should be enough in a flat share with others - the issue...
  19. J

    Help buying/choosing professional clothing (especially for women)

    It has never been as easy for women as men on these issues. I never wore make up in the office and was at a leading MC firm. (I work for myself now so can wear what I like). Other women feel they do want to wear make up and I think some surveys found women who wear some make up earn more than...
  20. J

    LPC - ULaw v BPP

    BPP moved the PDGL 100% online by September 2020 (and I assume the LPC) so did not have the issues of physical classes being off and then on and it was able to do that because it already had an online PGDL. It certainly took some students particularly those who booked at the last minute on the...

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