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📅 Vacation Scheme Applications 2025–26
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2025–26 Vacation Scheme Deadlines
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread
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2025–26 Vacation Scheme Deadlines
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What do graduate career changers do for work during PGDL/SQE training before the actual training contract starts? -silly beginner question
Hi all, please can you help me answer a potentially silly and obvious question but I cannot find the answer anywhere - IF (big if) I were to be successful for a training contract ( for example, Chance & Clifford etc), they say you have to have the PGDL and SQE finished before the Training...- katya007
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Career changer help
Hi all, I'm really excited to join the TCLA community! This is my first post and I'm looking for some serious advice regarding my current position as a career changer. 1. I graduated from in 2021 from a RG university with a low/mid 2:1. However, I failed 3 modules in my first and second year...- zoezozo
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Career changer - panicking
I am a career changer (3.5 year in the industry) and currently 28. Managed to secure a training contract and a vac scheme so all good. However, recently, I have been having doubts whether I really want to be going to a law school at the age of 28... The GDL and SQE sponsorship fees are not...- Deleted member 31263
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Referees question as a career changer
Hi I am a 27 year old looking to change careers into law. I have started applying for some vac schemes and the first one I began yesterday asked for two referees, one academic and one professional. The issue on the academic side is I didn’t go to a traditional uni rather I have obtained a...- Flutterbyx303
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Application Questions as a Career Changer
Question: Some application questions look specific to University students. How can one answer as a career changer? Some context: After I completed the LPC and failed to secure a training contract (a heartbreaking event after attending 7 assessment centres that year), I have been working...- SkylarCheng
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Career HELP
Hi, I'm looking for a bit of reassurance/advice regarding my current role. I have been working in audit and tax for the last 15 months and hoping to gain a TC as a career changer. However, im really struggling with the role and it's starting to impact my mental well-being so I'm unsure whether...- TS11
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Didn't secure a TC/backup plans?
Apologies if this type of post comes up often, but I am looking for some advice on my current situation (which I'm sure many others have also experienced!). I'm a career changer (approaching 30) and I am entering my last year of an accelerated LLB at a non-London based Russell Group uni. I am...- hiremeplz
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- advice backup backup plans career changer pfo training contract advice training contracts
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Should I self-fund the SQE/LPC or look for alternatives
Should I self-fund the LPC/SQE or look for another career? Just a bit about my personal circumstances: I'm a 2021 Law LLB grad from an ex-poly non-Russell group (first class) 120 UCAS I've been working but the work isn't skilled and I come from an under-represented background. I secured 1...- n15
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- application advice career changer career prospects commercial law company law diversity lpc /sqe self-fund training contract advice
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Career Change Success Stories
Hey all, hope you're doing well! I'm a career changer looking to move into law after three years of working in unrelated industries and hopefully will be embarking on the GDL in January. The only thing is, I'm very very nervous it won't pan out. It feels like for every story I hear about a...- geraniumdreams
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- advice career change career changer gdl gdl; non-law graduate; self-fund; lpc; bpp help non law success
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Talking about current employment - graduates
Hello! I've been putting some thought into how I'm going to use my current job as a point of reference for where I've developed certain skills and competencies, in interviews. I've also been thinking about using it as an example of what I'm seeking to leave behind, e.g. : menial work where I...- Hazal
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- career changer competency experience graduate interview skills work experience
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