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<blockquote data-quote="Jessica Booker" data-source="post: 177087" data-attributes="member: 2672"><p>1) This may help, but I would stress that if you are applying to a TC as an internal candidate, you'll most likely need to have accumulated a good level of experience (say at least six months) before your performance in role can really be taken into consideration to support a TC application. Therefore the 2026/27 recruitment season may have concluded for many firms by the time you could leverage your paralegal experience as an internal candidate. The firm may have earlier vacancies, but there is no guarantee of this. I don't really know which firms have a strong element of hiring paralegals unfortunately.</p><p></p><p>2) I don't think there is a set split unfortunately. It will depend on the firms you are applying to and what your personal circumstances are. This might vary on your availability for vacation scheme dates, your eligibility for the opportunities, and also factors like the firm's ratio of vacation scheme places to training contracts. It may also be the case that you can apply for different opportunities at different times of the year. Vacation schemes are typically earlier in the recruitment cycle, while training contracts tend to be later. Paralegal roles will be very different as they aren't recruit as far in advance as VS and TCs, and you would only be applying 6-12 weeks before you are ready to start a role. I think it is a good idea to make a mix of applications though, but what that mix is could be very different from one candidate to the next.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jessica Booker, post: 177087, member: 2672"] 1) This may help, but I would stress that if you are applying to a TC as an internal candidate, you'll most likely need to have accumulated a good level of experience (say at least six months) before your performance in role can really be taken into consideration to support a TC application. Therefore the 2026/27 recruitment season may have concluded for many firms by the time you could leverage your paralegal experience as an internal candidate. The firm may have earlier vacancies, but there is no guarantee of this. I don't really know which firms have a strong element of hiring paralegals unfortunately. 2) I don't think there is a set split unfortunately. It will depend on the firms you are applying to and what your personal circumstances are. This might vary on your availability for vacation scheme dates, your eligibility for the opportunities, and also factors like the firm's ratio of vacation scheme places to training contracts. It may also be the case that you can apply for different opportunities at different times of the year. Vacation schemes are typically earlier in the recruitment cycle, while training contracts tend to be later. Paralegal roles will be very different as they aren't recruit as far in advance as VS and TCs, and you would only be applying 6-12 weeks before you are ready to start a role. I think it is a good idea to make a mix of applications though, but what that mix is could be very different from one candidate to the next. [/QUOTE]
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