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<blockquote data-quote="Romiras" data-source="post: 104634" data-attributes="member: 1993"><p><strong>Visa</strong> - Without a valid visa, you may not be able to undertake paid work in the United Kingdom and therefore you may not be eligible for vacation schemes.</p><p></p><p><strong>Experience </strong>- Most firms do not have a set amount of required legal / non-legal work experience. What's important is your ability to communicate your soft skills, your motivations to pursue commercial law, your motivations to be based in the UK (over other countries), your reasons for that firm, etc. Experience (both legal and non-legal) help you do this, both with respect to the application form (or cover letter) and the interview(s). You should just apply accordingly when the opportunity arises. I have friends who were unable to get training contracts during their time in university but secured training contracts after. They were international like yourself.</p><p></p><p><strong>Vacation Schemes / Training Contracts </strong>- Just because you're unable to do a vacation scheme doesn't mean you're necessarily precluded from a career in commercial law, in the UK. You can still apply for direct training contracts. There are many international students (in all differing circumstances) that have successfully obtained training contracts in the UK, whether via VS or Direct TCs.</p><p></p><p><strong>Paying for your own Skilled Worker Visa</strong> - This won't matter. The firms that could sponsor you in any case would need to have a business case to pick you over others, and therefore it's unlikely you'd be applying to a firm that felt that the £2000-£3000 cost would be material to your case. That's usually an afterthought.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Romiras, post: 104634, member: 1993"] [B]Visa[/B] - Without a valid visa, you may not be able to undertake paid work in the United Kingdom and therefore you may not be eligible for vacation schemes. [B]Experience [/B]- Most firms do not have a set amount of required legal / non-legal work experience. What's important is your ability to communicate your soft skills, your motivations to pursue commercial law, your motivations to be based in the UK (over other countries), your reasons for that firm, etc. Experience (both legal and non-legal) help you do this, both with respect to the application form (or cover letter) and the interview(s). You should just apply accordingly when the opportunity arises. I have friends who were unable to get training contracts during their time in university but secured training contracts after. They were international like yourself. [B]Vacation Schemes / Training Contracts [/B]- Just because you're unable to do a vacation scheme doesn't mean you're necessarily precluded from a career in commercial law, in the UK. You can still apply for direct training contracts. There are many international students (in all differing circumstances) that have successfully obtained training contracts in the UK, whether via VS or Direct TCs. [B]Paying for your own Skilled Worker Visa[/B] - This won't matter. The firms that could sponsor you in any case would need to have a business case to pick you over others, and therefore it's unlikely you'd be applying to a firm that felt that the £2000-£3000 cost would be material to your case. That's usually an afterthought. [/QUOTE]
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