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<blockquote data-quote="Jessica Booker" data-source="post: 148901" data-attributes="member: 2672"><p>In many instances, yes it will be.</p><p></p><p>Qualifying does not make you employable. It just allows you to not have your work checked from a regulatory perspective. </p><p></p><p>Many paralegals will not have comparable experience to trainees and that is ultimately what will make you employable - the work you do during your QWE will set you up to be an NQ. This is why you typically only see NQs moving across to similar firms upon qualification - it’s exceptionally rare for someone to have jumped from a firm that does very different work/works with very different clients to one that is more complex.</p><p></p><p>There will be exceptions - for instance some paralegals will have trainee level responsibilities. But even then, they won’t have necessarily rotated through departments or received the same level of training as a trainee.</p><p></p><p>I personally would only suggest qualifying if you have found an NQ level role with a firm you are happy to work with. You don’t need to apply for qualification until you have this lined up if you have passed SQE1 and 2 (or are exempt from these assessments).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jessica Booker, post: 148901, member: 2672"] In many instances, yes it will be. Qualifying does not make you employable. It just allows you to not have your work checked from a regulatory perspective. Many paralegals will not have comparable experience to trainees and that is ultimately what will make you employable - the work you do during your QWE will set you up to be an NQ. This is why you typically only see NQs moving across to similar firms upon qualification - it’s exceptionally rare for someone to have jumped from a firm that does very different work/works with very different clients to one that is more complex. There will be exceptions - for instance some paralegals will have trainee level responsibilities. But even then, they won’t have necessarily rotated through departments or received the same level of training as a trainee. I personally would only suggest qualifying if you have found an NQ level role with a firm you are happy to work with. You don’t need to apply for qualification until you have this lined up if you have passed SQE1 and 2 (or are exempt from these assessments). [/QUOTE]
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