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<blockquote data-quote="marabka" data-source="post: 46057" data-attributes="member: 9307">Dear Jessica,I am a Russian lawyer with 3.5 years of legal experience in arbitration and international dispute resolution (2 years in the Moscow office of a Magic Circle firm and a 1.5 years in a Russian spin-off of Akin Gump, a major firm in the market).I am really passionate about English law, London and the like, and, therefore, I am currently considering various options for qualifying as an English lawyer (GDL or straight QLTS or SQE) and working in London. However, the question I am asking myself again and again is: is it really worth it? Or is it likely that no matter how hard I try, I wll still have no chances to find a decent job place there?I am currently 25 (perhaps I am too old?). I only had very good notes during my studies (5.0 out of 5.0 at Bachelor and 4.86 out of 5.0 at Master). I also have good knowledge of Russian (native speaker), English, French and German (all of them - C2).Therefore, studying hard is not a problem, and I would really be ready to do whatever it takes. Money is not an issue either. But still will it be a waste of time to try to compete with younger English graduates?Most certainly top-tier law firms, such as Magic Circle and top American law firms, have to be ruled out straight off. But as far as other sizeable and more or less renowned law firms are concerned, what would your thoughts be on this matter?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="marabka, post: 46057, member: 9307"] Dear Jessica, I am a Russian lawyer with 3.5 years of legal experience in arbitration and international dispute resolution (2 years in the Moscow office of a Magic Circle firm and a 1.5 years in a Russian spin-off of Akin Gump, a major firm in the market). I am really passionate about English law, London and the like, and, therefore, I am currently considering various options for qualifying as an English lawyer (GDL or straight QLTS or SQE) and working in London. However, the question I am asking myself again and again is: is it really worth it? Or is it likely that no matter how hard I try, I wll still have no chances to find a decent job place there? I am currently 25 (perhaps I am too old?). I only had very good notes during my studies (5.0 out of 5.0 at Bachelor and 4.86 out of 5.0 at Master). I also have good knowledge of Russian (native speaker), English, French and German (all of them - C2). Therefore, studying hard is not a problem, and I would really be ready to do whatever it takes. Money is not an issue either. But still will it be a waste of time to try to compete with younger English graduates? Most certainly top-tier law firms, such as Magic Circle and top American law firms, have to be ruled out straight off. But as far as other sizeable and more or less renowned law firms are concerned, what would your thoughts be on this matter? [/QUOTE]

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