POST SQE ROUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

[futuretraineesolicitor]

If I am currently doing a law degree outside of the UK, can you explain the trajectory from my current position to my first day as a trainee (in case I'm selected for a Vac Scheme and offered a TC)

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

When do you graduate?

 

[futuretraineesolicitor]

2022

When do you graduate?

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

2022

you could apply for vacation schemes in your penultimate or final year of university.

If successful, you do a vacation scheme in either 2021 or 2022

You graduate in 2022

You choose a method of preparation for SQE stage 1

You pass SQE stage 1

You start your qualifying work experience (QWE), this could be a traditional two year contract or it could be 4 x six month placements in different organisations (the latter is more difficult if you are an international applicant needed a work visa though)

Towards the end of your 2 years of qualifying work experience, you prepare for SQE stage 2.

once you have 2 years of QWE experience and have passed SQE stage 2, you are a qualified solicitor in England and Wales.