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<blockquote data-quote="Jessica Booker" data-source="post: 33863" data-attributes="member: 2672"><p>1) your academics wouldn’t do this alone. It would only really be other information (work experience/motivational answers/extra curriculars) that would put you in the “barrister” category. Lots of successful candidates don’t do commercial modules - especially non-lawyers so I don’t think that is necessarily the issue either. You have to think about your application as a whole though - if it’s not in your academics, where is the evidence of your interest in commercial matters instead?</p><p></p><p>2) it used to be the case that firms had to prioritise U.K. residents even if they were international students. Getting a work permit for someone like yourself who was residing outside of the U.K. currently is practically impossible for a training contract because it requires the employer to prove they could recruit from within the U.K (doing a resident labour market test and providing evidence of that for visa purposes). Those transferring from a student visa was slightly more straight forward because it didn’t require the RLMT. However the work permit process changes on 1 January 2021 and it doesn’t matter if you are in or outside of the U.K. - the same process will need to be adhered to. It will make the process for you better as many more firms will be able to consider you.</p><p></p><p>There could be a bigger concern around why you want a career in the U.K. compared to your home country though. It will be important to nail this in any motivational answers too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jessica Booker, post: 33863, member: 2672"] 1) your academics wouldn’t do this alone. It would only really be other information (work experience/motivational answers/extra curriculars) that would put you in the “barrister” category. Lots of successful candidates don’t do commercial modules - especially non-lawyers so I don’t think that is necessarily the issue either. You have to think about your application as a whole though - if it’s not in your academics, where is the evidence of your interest in commercial matters instead? 2) it used to be the case that firms had to prioritise U.K. residents even if they were international students. Getting a work permit for someone like yourself who was residing outside of the U.K. currently is practically impossible for a training contract because it requires the employer to prove they could recruit from within the U.K (doing a resident labour market test and providing evidence of that for visa purposes). Those transferring from a student visa was slightly more straight forward because it didn’t require the RLMT. However the work permit process changes on 1 January 2021 and it doesn’t matter if you are in or outside of the U.K. - the same process will need to be adhered to. It will make the process for you better as many more firms will be able to consider you. There could be a bigger concern around why you want a career in the U.K. compared to your home country though. It will be important to nail this in any motivational answers too. [/QUOTE]
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