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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ELA" data-source="post: 13154" data-attributes="member: 1562">Hi Jessica, Sorry if this question has already been asked. I'm set to start the GDL this October without a TC (though I have an interview coming up), I'm getting worried about the SQE and lack of clarity around some of it. For example, I read this on a website:"Anyone who commences a law degree, GDL or LPC before September 2021 can qualify through the old system. They will have until 2032 to complete the route and qualify as solicitors. However, they may choose to qualify through SQE if they prefer.However, City law firms have indicated that they won’t cater for the old route until 2032 – they are likely to <a href="https://www.lawcareers.net/Information/News/City-firms-likely-to-require-all-trainees-to-take-new-super-exam-from-2022-1501" target="_blank">require all candidates to take the SQE from 2022</a>.This is because firms don’t want dual streams of SQE and LPC graduates in the same trainee intake. In turn, if firms only want their trainees to do SQE, law schools will stop teaching the LPC as it will no longer be profitable. This means that LPC teaching could end before the old route officially expires in 2032.If you are a GDL or LPC student or are planning to start one of these courses in 2019 or 2020, don’t worry. The introduction of SQE is still at least a couple of years away at least and nothing will change until it is introduced."I know that guidance says things like "Anyone who commences a law degree, GDL or LPC before September 2021 can qualify through the old system", but is this assuming that you have got your TC secured when you start the GDL and that you'll therefore have one before the SQE starts? In reality, there are many people who have completed the LPC, are paralegals, and are still applying for TCs. It's not a situation I aspire to be in obviously, but I had found it reassuring to think "I've got an indefinite amount of years to find a TC. Even if it takes me 3, 4 or 5 years, I'll get there eventually." But my question is, does the SQE mean that essentially, starting the GDL now, there will be a limit to how long I've got to get a TC? Is there going to be a point when someone who has completed the GDL and LPC but hasn't got a TC would have to pay for, and pass, the SQE 1 and 2 on top of that (and perhaps even the preparation courses)? Thanks,Elise</blockquote>

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