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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RANDOTRON" data-source="post: 144674" data-attributes="member: 16724">Hi [USER=26426]@ninadeoliveira[/USER], hope I'm not too late to this but I have met career changers who started their training contract in their 30s. I have friends who got their TC offer in their mid-to-late 20s, so age is definitely not an issue for getting vacation schemes and training contracts.If you already have legal experience, I'd recommend just applying for a direct TC, rather than going for the vacation scheme. That said, you can still apply for the vacation scheme route if you want – I have a friend who did vacation schemes during their LLM. You can even do a mixture of both – some firms you apply for vacation schemes, others you apply for a direct TC. Just to note that most firms will only allow one application (either VS or direct TC) per application cycle. So quick edit here to recommend you to apply in this 2022/2023 cycle since it's coming to a close in the next month or two anyways, you may as well apply. If you're not successful this cycle, the next cycle starts literally in the next two to three month.In any case, as [USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER] said, firms typically recruit 2 years ahead, so this is how it could play out for you (I am generalising here – when you get your TC, the firm you're with will tell you what to do):<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">For a TC to commence in 2025, you'll need to secure one before this current 2022/2023 application cycle ends (which will end in July/August). Assuming you get one this cycle, you will go on to complete your LLM in 2024, start your SQE right after and finish in 2025, whereupon you will begin your TC.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">If you apply during your LLM (like some of my friends did), you will be applying in the upcoming 2023/2024 cycle (ie, for TC commencing in 2026). Assuming you get one in this cycle, you will finish your LLM in 2024, have a one-year break between 2024 and 2025, start your SQE in 2025 which you'll finish in 2026 and begin your TC then.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">If you apply after finish your LLM (like I did), you will be applying in the 2024/2025 cycle for TC commencing in 2027. Assuming you get one this cycle, that means you will get a one-year break between 2025 and 2026, do your SQE in 2026, finishing in 2027, then starting your TC. Of course, if you secure a TC early on in the 2024/2025 cycle (like in January or March), then you'll have a break starting from then to your SQE start date in 2026.</li> </ol>You can spend your one-year break in scenario 2 and 3 doing paralegal work if you want to – its really different strokes for different folks (eg, my friends wanted to do paralegal work, I wanted to go home). To my knowledge, you don't need to mention what you intend to do for your year of break in your VS/TC application. Depending on availability and the firm's policy on this, they may let you start your SQE course or TC earlier.Hope this helps!</blockquote>

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