Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="chllth96" data-source="post: 177036" data-attributes="member: 13189">Hi Ellisha - just wanted to chip in here to offer an alternate view if helpful.For context I am a non-law graduate with 5+ years experience in a non-law related field and I've managed to secure 3 vac schemes this year. I don't disagree with the above comment - you can and will earn a lot of experience that is clearly directly relevant to the work you'll be carrying out as a trainee and beyond. However in my experience firms are interested in transferable skills and experiences just as much (if not more) than paid employment in the legal sector. Regardless of how much paralegal experience a candidate has, firms still teach all trainees how to carry out legal tasks but having a steer on what kinds of practice areas/sectors/clients you want to work with will hugely help narrow down that list of firms to apply to in the future.Sure working as a paralegal makes it easy to demonstrate your interest in pursuing a career in commercial law but having spoken to partners, GR, trainees etc at law fairs paralegalling is not a prerequisite to getting a TC so why not explore something you're interested in whilst making TC apps. Corporate/finance focused firms will naturally be drawn to finance related experience as much as paralegal experience.There are other factors to consider here like salary progression. My guess would be working in finance related roles will pay more over time and considering paralegalling doesn't guarantee you any more success during TC applications I would prioritise your own financial security whilst you're making applications. I've applied to 100+ paralegal roles over the last few years, the pay is generally appalling and there is a real limit to development whereas non-law related work can offer you a huge amount of opportunity to grow professionally and personally. Overall I'd say go for the role that you find more interesting right now (sounds like the analyst role) and use this time to explore different financial institutions/finance work given you're planning on making TC apps anyway. No one is guaranteed a VS or TC in their first cycle so my advice would be to pick the role that you would be happy to do for a few years before starting a TC as ultimately you'll be much happier. IMHO it'll also give you more interesting experiences to talk about in apps/at ACs.</blockquote>

Verification: Our company is called, "The Corporate ___ Academy". What is the missing word here?

Top Bottom

Search

Search

Reply to thread