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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jessica Booker" data-source="post: 96667" data-attributes="member: 2672">Please could you clarify what you mean by the work experience route?With the SQE coming in, there are no set timeframes with the training contract route unfortunately. For one firm you could potentially start a TC as soon as your LLM is over and you could complete the SQE assessments during your training contract. For the next firm, you would have to do the SQE assessments before you start a TC.With the latter, the most likely timeframe is that you apply for TCs between now and July 2022, most likely for 2024 intake, and once you had secured a TC you would complete an extended SQE course (between 12-16 months) and take the SQE assessments before joining.The challenge you will have is that when you pass the SQE assessments, you technically do not need the training contract from a qualification perspective where you are exempt from completing the qualifying work experience part of the SQE. However, you would need that qualifying work experience for future employment chances in the UK. Without a TC, you won't compare to the vast majority of applicants applying for qualified associate roles as they will have two years of experience as trainees.Many firms will question whether the training contract is the right route for you, particularly if they take into account how long you will commit to the UK and also the time lag in the recruitment process. If you did do a training contract that started in 2024, you wouldn't complete it until 2026, and you could potentially gain 4 years worth of experience in India during that time, compared to 2 in the UK.You might find more luck in speculatively applying for roles with Indian desks at major firms rather than trying to apply for a training contract. They are much more likely to be interested in your profile. Indian desks sometimes run their own recruitment processes and have more informal routes in. They also tend to have much more flexibility - they understand you may not commit to the UK long-term, while with a TC they will at some level expect you to have a long-term commitment to working with the firm in the UK.</blockquote>

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