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<blockquote data-quote="ARP" data-source="post: 92532" data-attributes="member: 18141"><p>Hi everyone,</p><p></p><p>I'm a future trainee starting my TC in August 2023. I'm also a final-year undergraduate law student graduating in June 2022, and I will have to do my LPC in between 2022 - 2023 (my firm isn't switching to the SQE for now). I'm currently trying to negotiate my LPC dates with my firm, but we've run into a few issues. </p><p></p><p>Most previous trainee cohorts at my firm have done the full-time LPC (September - June). However, I'd like to do the Accelerated LPC so that I can use the extra time to work as a paralegal or do something else (I worked for a few years before I could start uni, so I'm slightly older and have a bit of financial pressure to start working full-time again). We're currently discussing 2 alternative options to the full-time LPC:</p><p></p><p><strong>Option 1: Do the Accelerated LPC from August 2022 - end of February 2023, and then spend March 2023 - the start of my TC in August 2023 working</strong>. This has been done before by a number of (British passport holding) trainees in previous cohorts. However, the problem that is I'm an international student and we understand this may cause visa issues. I'm not concerned about having to leave the UK in between March - August 2023 because I can work in my home jurisdiction, but the issue concerns whether I can still receive my work visa to start in August 2023 if I do this. Neither Grad Rec nor I are entirely sure about this (we just know it's potentially problematic), so I was wondering if anyone has done this before or knows whether this is possible?</p><p></p><p><strong>Option 2: Spend June - December 2022 working, do the Accelerated LPC from January - July 2023, and start my TC in August 2023</strong>. I've heard this is common in MC firms, but my firm doesn't have a massive intake and they don't really have trainees who have done this previously. A senior I spoke to told me that there's a concern BPP (unfortunately, I can't change provider) could be slow in releasing my grades in July, which could potentially delay my work visa and ability to start in August 2023. Grad Rec isn't really thrilled by this prospect either because nobody has tried it at the firm. Does anyone have experience with this?</p><p></p><p>Apologies for the long post, and thank you in advance for your help!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ARP, post: 92532, member: 18141"] Hi everyone, I'm a future trainee starting my TC in August 2023. I'm also a final-year undergraduate law student graduating in June 2022, and I will have to do my LPC in between 2022 - 2023 (my firm isn't switching to the SQE for now). I'm currently trying to negotiate my LPC dates with my firm, but we've run into a few issues. Most previous trainee cohorts at my firm have done the full-time LPC (September - June). However, I'd like to do the Accelerated LPC so that I can use the extra time to work as a paralegal or do something else (I worked for a few years before I could start uni, so I'm slightly older and have a bit of financial pressure to start working full-time again). We're currently discussing 2 alternative options to the full-time LPC: [B]Option 1: Do the Accelerated LPC from August 2022 - end of February 2023, and then spend March 2023 - the start of my TC in August 2023 working[/B]. This has been done before by a number of (British passport holding) trainees in previous cohorts. However, the problem that is I'm an international student and we understand this may cause visa issues. I'm not concerned about having to leave the UK in between March - August 2023 because I can work in my home jurisdiction, but the issue concerns whether I can still receive my work visa to start in August 2023 if I do this. Neither Grad Rec nor I are entirely sure about this (we just know it's potentially problematic), so I was wondering if anyone has done this before or knows whether this is possible? [B]Option 2: Spend June - December 2022 working, do the Accelerated LPC from January - July 2023, and start my TC in August 2023[/B]. I've heard this is common in MC firms, but my firm doesn't have a massive intake and they don't really have trainees who have done this previously. A senior I spoke to told me that there's a concern BPP (unfortunately, I can't change provider) could be slow in releasing my grades in July, which could potentially delay my work visa and ability to start in August 2023. Grad Rec isn't really thrilled by this prospect either because nobody has tried it at the firm. Does anyone have experience with this? Apologies for the long post, and thank you in advance for your help! [/QUOTE]
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