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<blockquote data-quote="whisperingrock" data-source="post: 75343" data-attributes="member: 7657"><p>You need to remember that the universities you spoke to have a vested interest in you enrolling on their course and giving them your money. Of course they're going to say that the cheap and accessible option isn't good. </p><p></p><p>What I really don't get is why you are so insistent on choosing a course right now instead of just applying for training contracts and vacation schemes come the next application window. That way you don't spend a ton of money at a time when it is very up in the air what the best decision is because things <em>are</em> very confusing regarding the SQE and what the best plan of action is. You can do a lot of things to show an interest in a legal career and make your applications strong that don't involve signing up for the GDL. Multiple people on the student room also told you that you don't need to have done the GDL to apply for training contracts. </p><p></p><p>You seem to have decided you need to be a lawyer <em>now, </em>and every decision is stemming from that impulse when it isn't particularly thought out or rational. Doing the GDL right away isn't going to make things much faster or easier for you, and odds are good that it will only cost you money.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="whisperingrock, post: 75343, member: 7657"] You need to remember that the universities you spoke to have a vested interest in you enrolling on their course and giving them your money. Of course they're going to say that the cheap and accessible option isn't good. What I really don't get is why you are so insistent on choosing a course right now instead of just applying for training contracts and vacation schemes come the next application window. That way you don't spend a ton of money at a time when it is very up in the air what the best decision is because things [I]are[/I] very confusing regarding the SQE and what the best plan of action is. You can do a lot of things to show an interest in a legal career and make your applications strong that don't involve signing up for the GDL. Multiple people on the student room also told you that you don't need to have done the GDL to apply for training contracts. You seem to have decided you need to be a lawyer [I]now, [/I]and every decision is stemming from that impulse when it isn't particularly thought out or rational. Doing the GDL right away isn't going to make things much faster or easier for you, and odds are good that it will only cost you money. [/QUOTE]
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