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Message: <blockquote data-quote="axelbeugre" data-source="post: 175641" data-attributes="member: 30937">Hey [USER=34606]@A worried final year[/USER],Thanks for sharing your experience and your concerns as I recognise it is not an easy thing to do. It is a very daunting thing so I applaud you for doing that.I can totally resonate with your circumstances as I was not wiling to self-fund my legal education too. I put all my efforts into looking for vacation schemes and training contracts to make sure that this year I was covered, especially being an international student, and luckily this worked in my favour. However, this does not mean that the process is ridiculously hard and many need to apply many years before being able to have a successful cycle.What I would recommend in your situation is:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Get work experience in a corporate environment. This does not necessarily have to be legal but any kind of corporate experience will be very much appreciated in a law firm application, especially banking or consulting, as these are sectors that will allow you to develop similar skills as law. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Start preparing now for the next cycle. I would do a deeper dive into the firms you are interested in and try to understand what kind of practice areas you might be interested in. Start reading and learning more about these as this will allow you to be ready for application questions/interview questions that will ask you for your specific interests. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Have a list of firms, dates of application closing and opening, note which firms recruit on a rolling basis and which do not, so you know which law firms you need to target first.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When you go to open days, ask specific questions that you might be interested in knowing. Whether these concern the firm specifically or the sector at large. Make sure to ask very intelligent questions (maybe do your research first) as you might make a very good first impression to a firm and this will be beneficial when you apply for a vacation scheme or a training contract later on. </li> </ul>These are some of the things I would consider. Good luck with your journey!</blockquote>

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