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  1. n15

    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...
  2. Z

    Whats up with the lack of Guys and POC in AC's?

    I've had two Virtual Assessment Centres this past month, with decent mid-higher echelon firms and the biggest takeaway I had was where are all the guys were at lol. In my group exercise of 12, I was the only guy and in my case study of 6, I was again the only guy. More so, there was only one...
  3. JohanGRK

    How will the SQE promote diversity?

    Been reading up about the SQE in the past few days. It has been claimed that one of the benefits of the SQE is widening access to the profession, but it doesn't seem like this is the case? I was hoping for some further insight/thoughts from the kind people of TCLA in case I'm missing...

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