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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jessica Booker" data-source="post: 30186" data-attributes="member: 2672">Many firms will need reassurances of your academic ability and if that is more difficult due to lots of different extenuating circumstances, it becomes more difficult for a recruiter to see beyond them as they can’t see your true academic potential. You say you are on a predicted 2.2 - if you can get that up to a 2.1 then the evidence of your academic ability is there and the ext circs become more “verified” by the fact people can see you have performed to the level they need to see.There are some firms that won’t care about academics though - although to be fair this tends to be in smaller firms or outside of commercial law where it is more about providing good client service rather than the complexity of the law you are advising on.Also look at some of the public sector law routes. The GLS/LTS are far more lenient when it comes to academics and provides a good route in to working in commercial law, albeit in the public sector.It is not that you have to give up but work at the top commercial law firms is tough, really tough. Even as someone who was a non lawyer working in law firms, I honestly wouldn’t go back because of how much hard work and long hours it was. Expectations are very high and people expect you to deliver. It means that although it is seen as the “go to” career option for many, to be frank it isn’t the career for most people. Even people with stellar academics may not be cut out for it and so you have to consider carefully whether you want to really pursue it or whether it is just the societal pressures of getting a competitive and highly paid job that are making you think this is the career you want.</blockquote>

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