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It sounds like the choice comes down to which is more important to you for the short to medium term - working in a qualified role or working internationally.The regional firm clearly is happy to consider your paralegal experience as equivalent as a trainee, and it maybe the case that what you have been doing is more of an equivalent given the work you have had exposure to in your current firm is likely to be more complex. That is probably less likely to be the case in both your current firm and other international firms - that’s why you might find it difficult to secure other interviews. You will be competing in an NQ market that had a good supply of ex-trainees and not a huge amount of NQ roles (although to be fair, your practice area is one of the least popular areas to qualify into).I just don’t think it’s going to be easy to transfer back to international firms. It may happen - it’s really going to depend on the complexity of the work you will do in the regional firm and the size/scale of the matters you work on. If you aren’t working on international matters, it is going to be difficult to port back.You may find it will take several steps to get back to the type of firm you are working at. eg - regional firm for 2-3 years, national firm for 2-3 years, then move to an international firm. So I would ask yourself as to whether this is something you’d be willing to do in the medium term?
It sounds like the choice comes down to which is more important to you for the short to medium term - working in a qualified role or working internationally.
The regional firm clearly is happy to consider your paralegal experience as equivalent as a trainee, and it maybe the case that what you have been doing is more of an equivalent given the work you have had exposure to in your current firm is likely to be more complex. That is probably less likely to be the case in both your current firm and other international firms - that’s why you might find it difficult to secure other interviews. You will be competing in an NQ market that had a good supply of ex-trainees and not a huge amount of NQ roles (although to be fair, your practice area is one of the least popular areas to qualify into).
I just don’t think it’s going to be easy to transfer back to international firms. It may happen - it’s really going to depend on the complexity of the work you will do in the regional firm and the size/scale of the matters you work on. If you aren’t working on international matters, it is going to be difficult to port back.
You may find it will take several steps to get back to the type of firm you are working at. eg - regional firm for 2-3 years, national firm for 2-3 years, then move to an international firm. So I would ask yourself as to whether this is something you’d be willing to do in the medium term?
