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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alison C" data-source="post: 68000" data-attributes="member: 3943">Hi [USER=11203]@naila00[/USER] You see, you have already found some support. Great resourcefulness!1 - From 'The Lawyer' in August 2020: DWF: Previously asked for AAB but has <a href="https://www.thelawyer.com/dwf-dumps-a-level-grade-requirements-for-training-contract-applicants/" target="_blank">dropped this requirement</a>.Freshfields: “<a href="https://ssl.freshfields.com/ukgraduates/faq.html" target="_blank">We do not have any minimum A level requirements</a> and we do not assess GCSE grades.”Macfarlanes: “We have <a href="https://www.macfarlanes.com/join-us/trainee-solicitors/faqs/" target="_blank">no minimum requirements for A level results</a>. However, we receive a high number of applications each year, if your A level results are below BBB, you will be competing against a high number of candidates with strong applications.Slaughter and May: “<a href="https://www.slaughterandmay.com/careers/trainee-solicitors/apply/application-faqs/" target="_blank">Good A-Level grades are not a strict requirement.</a> All applications are welcome and will be reviewed by our recruitment partners based on their own merits. If you have any mitigating circumstances that affected any of your academic results, we recommend that you include them in your application.”The Government Legal Service also only requires a 2:2 (though they don't sponsor the GDL conversion course, only the LPC) but they do make you go through a rigorous selection process. They are a true Equal Opps employer as you might hope. The GLS does have the National Crime Agency under their umbrella too, which your degree might be useful for.I think that 'the big four' may also be moving away from A-level requirements, to more game-based or aptitude test assessments but this is only anecdotal. If you want to know for sure, send a polite enquiry to Grad Recruitment, or just ring them up. Being brave is good for confidence!2 - Getting a TC is not a straightforward process and you need to be feeling really ready for rejection, so, bearing in mind you already recognise you aren't in the strongest position, my personal suggestion (like other people on here it seems) would be to wait. If you are going to submit an application you want to know it's as good as it can be. You need a good 2:1 if you can get one - not just because that's what's usually required, but because if you really don't enjoy academic study you may struggle in a fairly academic profession, and no one wants a job where they are unhappy.3 - Aspiring Solicitors, STRIVE, SEO, Grow, Vantage and others are really aiming to widen access so see if you meet their requirements for support. Make sure that you also milk your university careers service! But you might also want to look into (a) CILEX which is a longer but well-established qualification route, (b) the new SQE (lots of YouTubers are giving a view on this; it's essentially another on-the-job training) and (c) legal apprenticeships - for example big companies such as Selfridges and Bloomberg sometimes enable less academic candidates to take this route. 4 - Consider attending Legal Cheek, All About Law and other free events which don't require you to compete for a place but will start to help you understand the industry. Bright Network also has some great resources, events and schemes.5 - Your uni should be able to help you figure out other career paths; it's difficult to know what a job is REALLY like until you are actually doing it and you may find that your idea about the law isn't the same as the reality. Talking to as many people as possible will help though. You might want to look into forensic psychology, which would require a different postgrad conversion and training, but again you want to find out as much as you can about the actual role.Good for you for making a plan. Go for it!</blockquote>

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