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  1. Russ7980

    College of Legal Practice GDL

    Hi All, I'm looking at the GDL part-time at the College of Legal Practice. Whilst the cost is very attractive the 10 months duration seems a very short time to complete this course. Does anyone have any experience of this course and is it doable in the time frame specified? Many thanks in advance
  2. jamescockayne

    Self-funding GDL Help!

    Hi folks, I was wondering if anyone could help me out. I have been applying to vac schemes this year without much luck, and still have some TC applications coming up. I'm anticipating having to self-fund my next steps, and it seems like the logical thing to do to get on with the GDL before SQE...

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