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    SQE - general discussion

    https://barbri-prep.com/overseas-lawyers-guide-dual-qualifying-england-and-wales/ A consideration of QLTS v SQE for any overseas qualified lawyers amongst us.
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    SQE - general discussion

    I think that you can’t cross the two routes - if you wish to utilise the LPC for qualification purposes, then you must do the traditional TC. Alternative would be to sit the SQE then you may be able to use your paralegal experience as qualifying work experience. As far as I’m aware this is the...
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    SQE - general discussion

    https://www.thelawyer.com/jld-calls-for-super-exam-delay-after-troubling-pilot-results/?cmpid=dnews_14351511&adg=B7E12C7B-296F-4811-B51E-9C4B4575850B Thought this may be of interest to some in here!
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    in-house training contracts

    Great thread idea! I think National Grid sometimes run a legal trainee programme with secondments to their panel firms such as CMS.
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    Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus

    When does everyone expect the legal industry to pick back up by, back to pre-covid levels? Not only in terms of employment opportunities, but also firms’ work and revenues.
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Thanks Jessica, I will dig out A-Level and GCSE transcripts/certificates as well in case they are needed by a firm!
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Hi Jessica, questions re qualifications: - In an application, when a firm asks ‘have you ever had to resit an exam’ - is this referring to all the exams I’ve ever done or just at degree level. Asking this because in my school it was quite common to have a few sits at exams especially at GCSE...
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    SQE & Training Contract Timeline

    Do you think firms will also run the traditional TC alongside this for those candidates who have already done GDL and LPC to save them from having to sit the SQE?
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Is this for a direct TC?
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    Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus

    Hi, are these virtual or in person schemes?
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    Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus

    Hoping to hear from more firms about VS plans next week, following tonight’s announcement :)
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Maybe this one: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/19-20-post-app-ac-what-next.2063/
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Also quite interesting to see firms recruiting additional trainees at a time when others are cutting down on numbers/delaying start dates due to a lack of work for trainees. Or perhaps some people may have reneged their contracts so they’ve had to recruit this late on @Jessica Booker which...
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    On the gov UK jobs site Latham vacancy expired this week but Sidley still on: https://findajob.dwp.gov.uk/details/4204375
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Compared to other US firms (that hire exclusively from VSs) I would say they do. But compared to non US firms they have more of a tendency to recruit from vac schemes. Interestingly, Latham had recently advertised a TC for 2020 start. Sidley is another firm I’ve seen currently recruiting for...
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    Baker McKenzie

    Maybe they are still reviewing VIs
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    Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus

    I think some schemes could still take place maybe late summer/end of August.
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    Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus

    I guess the logic behind offering a virtual scheme to those who receive a TC offer is that they can get an insight into the firm and its culture (albeit a limited one), to help them decide whether to accept the TC or not.
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Logistically this would be very difficult as I’m guessing they must have had well over 1,000 applicants, so likely not all would have got through to VI!
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    I emailed them earlier this week and they got back to me saying my application is in the second stage of review (not sure what this means) and that they'd respond by the end of May!
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