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<blockquote data-quote="sheilay" data-source="post: 75196" data-attributes="member: 12069"><p>Hi All,</p><p>I see people on this forum are very helpful in sharing their experience and providing advice. I would appreciate, if you could help me with my complicated situation. And sorry for the chaos, but I am still a bit lost and have 1000s thoughts in my head/minute.</p><p></p><p>I am >30 and have a degree in finance. I consider a career change, although given my age, I am being realistic about my (low) chances of "great" law career. I read through a lot of forums, SRA, called a few unis to get advice. </p><p></p><p>My (naive) thoughts and hopes were, that as a non-law graduate, I can only do some preparation courses for SQE and voila - I will pass it and later apply for TC. From what the uni advisors have told me, it seems only the name changes, but the overall path won't. I will still have to do GDL and either LPC or SQE. For SQE I can directly go for the exam without doing a prep course in case of a sudden enlightenment. However, they still recommend taking a course.</p><p></p><p>My current plan (and after chatting to uni advisors) is to do a part-time GDL (self-funded), try to secure TC, do LPC (if sponsored) or otherwise SQE (by self study or finding the cheapest course provider). I know that most of the law firms partner with BPP, so I am considering doing PGDL there. However, I have noticed many bad reviews about BPP and ask myself, if it is worth doing it for 11k or better to go to i.e. LMU and pay 6k instead. I thought that maybe by doing GDL at the uni that is more "recognized" by so many law firms my chances of securing TC would rise. However, I started to think, what if I will not get a TC and I would have to do (self-funded) LPC/SQE. I noticed the price for LPC is significantly higher than for GDL. Or worse - if I would fail in the course, I would hate to lose so much money..My hope would be later to find a cheap SQE course and self-study a lot. I doubt I would go for (self-funded) LPC for another 11k not having a TC. Any advice on what woud you do in my situation?</p><p></p><p>Also, have any of you made an experience of doing LPC while starting TC already? I would really prefer to avoid studying LPC part-time and starting TC later (given my age). Well again, here my only hope would be doing SQE (given some unis offer a shorter course).</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sheilay, post: 75196, member: 12069"] Hi All, I see people on this forum are very helpful in sharing their experience and providing advice. I would appreciate, if you could help me with my complicated situation. And sorry for the chaos, but I am still a bit lost and have 1000s thoughts in my head/minute. I am >30 and have a degree in finance. I consider a career change, although given my age, I am being realistic about my (low) chances of "great" law career. I read through a lot of forums, SRA, called a few unis to get advice. My (naive) thoughts and hopes were, that as a non-law graduate, I can only do some preparation courses for SQE and voila - I will pass it and later apply for TC. From what the uni advisors have told me, it seems only the name changes, but the overall path won't. I will still have to do GDL and either LPC or SQE. For SQE I can directly go for the exam without doing a prep course in case of a sudden enlightenment. However, they still recommend taking a course. My current plan (and after chatting to uni advisors) is to do a part-time GDL (self-funded), try to secure TC, do LPC (if sponsored) or otherwise SQE (by self study or finding the cheapest course provider). I know that most of the law firms partner with BPP, so I am considering doing PGDL there. However, I have noticed many bad reviews about BPP and ask myself, if it is worth doing it for 11k or better to go to i.e. LMU and pay 6k instead. I thought that maybe by doing GDL at the uni that is more "recognized" by so many law firms my chances of securing TC would rise. However, I started to think, what if I will not get a TC and I would have to do (self-funded) LPC/SQE. I noticed the price for LPC is significantly higher than for GDL. Or worse - if I would fail in the course, I would hate to lose so much money..My hope would be later to find a cheap SQE course and self-study a lot. I doubt I would go for (self-funded) LPC for another 11k not having a TC. Any advice on what woud you do in my situation? Also, have any of you made an experience of doing LPC while starting TC already? I would really prefer to avoid studying LPC part-time and starting TC later (given my age). Well again, here my only hope would be doing SQE (given some unis offer a shorter course). Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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