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<blockquote data-quote="Dheepa" data-source="post: 75211" data-attributes="member: 1572"><p>Hi there,</p><p></p><p>You have a lot of questions here so I'm going to try to answer them systematically.</p><p></p><p>1. Will doing the the GDL at a different provider (i.e. not BPP) affect you chances of securing a TC?</p><p></p><p>While most law firms do use ULaw or BPP, I don't think the provider you choose factors into your chances of securing a TC in any way.</p><p></p><p>2. Advice on whether you should self fund the LPC/SQE</p><p></p><p>This is ultimately a really personal decision. It sounds like you'd rather not self-fund at all, in which case I would suggest holding out until you do get a TC. You can start applying now even while you still hold on to your finance job and keep applying while you do the GDL.</p><p></p><p>3. Doing the LPC while starting a TC</p><p></p><p>As far as I know I don't think any firm lets you start a TC before completing the LPC since the LPC is a pre-requisite to getting qualified.</p><p></p><p>4. On being a non-native English speaker and practicing</p><p></p><p>I think you would need to be able to speak English fluently, both to do well in the LPC/SQE and to practice. However, you don't need to be a native speaker per say. This is just a question of how fluent you are in English at the moment and unfortunately it's something only you would know the answer to. I also wouldn't worry about your accent, plenty of successful partners and associates I met have accents and that alone is not a barrier to you securing a TC.</p><p></p><p>Just a suggestion, but if your goal is to be able to study law and not so much practice it, you could always do a Masters in Law or something to that effect?</p><p></p><p>[USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER] might also be able to answer some of your questions surrounding the LPC/SQE.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dheepa, post: 75211, member: 1572"] Hi there, You have a lot of questions here so I'm going to try to answer them systematically. 1. Will doing the the GDL at a different provider (i.e. not BPP) affect you chances of securing a TC? While most law firms do use ULaw or BPP, I don't think the provider you choose factors into your chances of securing a TC in any way. 2. Advice on whether you should self fund the LPC/SQE This is ultimately a really personal decision. It sounds like you'd rather not self-fund at all, in which case I would suggest holding out until you do get a TC. You can start applying now even while you still hold on to your finance job and keep applying while you do the GDL. 3. Doing the LPC while starting a TC As far as I know I don't think any firm lets you start a TC before completing the LPC since the LPC is a pre-requisite to getting qualified. 4. On being a non-native English speaker and practicing I think you would need to be able to speak English fluently, both to do well in the LPC/SQE and to practice. However, you don't need to be a native speaker per say. This is just a question of how fluent you are in English at the moment and unfortunately it's something only you would know the answer to. I also wouldn't worry about your accent, plenty of successful partners and associates I met have accents and that alone is not a barrier to you securing a TC. Just a suggestion, but if your goal is to be able to study law and not so much practice it, you could always do a Masters in Law or something to that effect? [USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER] might also be able to answer some of your questions surrounding the LPC/SQE. [/QUOTE]
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