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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Willbur" data-source="post: 77859" data-attributes="member: 12322">[USER=12340]@Dublinwolf95[/USER] - I am in EXACTLY the same predicament as you with all the same timelines and areas of law. Having initially felt lucky that this was the last year one could choose to go down the GDL>LPC route I now feel like the ability to choose represents a bit of a curse. I have fired off so many emails and left so many voicemails with HR/recruitment people at firms I am interested in seeking guidance and I am getting either very non-committal 'watch this space' responses or just no response at all. It's quite stressful and making it very hard to model the next few years. And then, just when you think you've found a good SQE course for your needs it transpires that you need an LLB or GDL already which, as Jessica points out, is about providers trying to offset jitters in the industry but which, ultimately, undermines what the SRA is trying to do and is punitive on non-law grads. It just adds years. The only thing I would add is that if you were doing the GDL part-time (2021-23) and then the LPC full time ('23-24) you would be applying for training contracts (for those firms that offer them - and there are some in the areas you are interested in) either in '22 or '23. It would be pretty cruel to then make you do the SQE as well. Many of the firms I look at require an LPC under the belt before any training can start and my question at the moment, particularly for firms like the ones you and I are interested in, is what will replace that threshold under the new system e.g. will a firm require SQE1 to be completed before you can start somewhere? Or SQE1 + 2?</blockquote>

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