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<blockquote data-quote="Karin" data-source="post: 55470" data-attributes="member: 2870">I agree with [USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER] and [USER=1160]@Alice G[/USER] - it really depends on what you enjoy and what your aspirations are!From personal experience, I can see that there are benefits to working as a paralegal, working at a different job, or doing the LLM. I am due to start TC next year and I worked as a paralegal for a year which I think will help me during the TC as I learned what it is like to work in a law firm, got familiar with its processes, dealing with clients and writing e-mails etc. (and it took some getting used to!). At the same time, you will be working in a law firm maybe for the rest of your life, so maybe it is good to do something else now? Doing the LLM now, it is quite nice to explore the areas of law that I wanted to get into more (and also the ones that I am academically interested in but won't do in practice) as I know that once I start working, it would be difficult to go back to studying. Your interest in arbitration could be a good reason to do it as while it may not secure you a seat, you may find it very interesting and get more passionate about this area which may subsequently convince the law firm to give you the seat (?)If you have any questions about the LLM or working as a paralegal, or just want to talk through it, feel free to drop me a message!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Karin, post: 55470, member: 2870"] I agree with [USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER] and [USER=1160]@Alice G[/USER] - it really depends on what you enjoy and what your aspirations are! From personal experience, I can see that there are benefits to working as a paralegal, working at a different job, or doing the LLM. I am due to start TC next year and I worked as a paralegal for a year which I think will help me during the TC as I learned what it is like to work in a law firm, got familiar with its processes, dealing with clients and writing e-mails etc. (and it took some getting used to!). At the same time, you will be working in a law firm maybe for the rest of your life, so maybe it is good to do something else now? Doing the LLM now, it is quite nice to explore the areas of law that I wanted to get into more (and also the ones that I am academically interested in but won't do in practice) as I know that once I start working, it would be difficult to go back to studying. Your interest in arbitration could be a good reason to do it as while it may not secure you a seat, you may find it very interesting and get more passionate about this area which may subsequently convince the law firm to give you the seat (?) If you have any questions about the LLM or working as a paralegal, or just want to talk through it, feel free to drop me a message! [/QUOTE]

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