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Urgent - Go to Exeter for Law or take a gap year
Hi, I am a student who has just finished their A levels and is due to start at the University of Exeter in September 2025. My intention career wise is to become an intellectual property lawyer in Australia, as I lived there for some time. I’m debating taking a gap year and reapplying due to job...- LawbeginnerSeptember2025
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Resources for securing relevant work experience?
Hi all, I am a recent non-law graduate who, having completed 2 vac schemes over the summer (unfortunately with no TC success), now finds themselves in a sort of involuntary gap year whilst reapplying for TCs etc. (largely due to financial reasons surrounding self-funding the GDL). With regards...- em2211
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- 6 month placement gap year legal experience work experience
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Graduated from RG with a first and a vac scheme (did not convert) - is it crazy to do a one year course in economics?
Graduated with a first from a good university. Have a vac scheme, open days, insight scheme and brand ambassador role under my belt but never managed to get any other vac scheme or direct TC ACs, which might have had to do with me not polishing my apps due to a slight uncertainty whether law is...- matpart
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Gap year before TC - Paralegal/LLM
I’ve recently accepted a TC from a top international firm but my TC is only starting in August 2022. I’ve already completed the LPC so I now have one and a half gap year before my TC. I plan to stay in my home country Poland and work there until the end of the summer, but I am unsure what to do...- MiaLane22
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- gap year llm paralegal
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