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Qualifying from abroad to work in England and Wales
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<blockquote data-quote="Jessica Booker" data-source="post: 103109" data-attributes="member: 2672"><p>You actually don’t need to complete the qualifying work experience part as a qualified lawyer in another jurisdiction (see screenshot attached from the Law Society website).</p><p></p><p>The difficulty you will have is that you technically don’t need to do a training contract (where you generally get sponsored for the courses) because you don’t need to do the qualifying work experience. Qualified lawyers found it tough before the SQE because a TC was often awkward for them (had to wait 2-3 years to start a job, couldn’t be called a “trainee”, was a junior role many qualified lawyers would have felt was a significant step backwards etc), but at the same time they struggled to compete for qualified roles often due to their lack of comparable experience to U.K. trained/qualified lawyers.</p><p></p><p>The SQE doesn’t really resolve this.</p><p></p><p>I wouldn’t worry too much about the LLMs though - they don’t really hold much weight in the U.K. system unless you are applying to a specialist firm and your course aligns to that specialism (eg IP/Shipping law etc).</p><p></p><p>A full LLM course will give you the opportunity to stay in the U.K. on a post-graduate work visa for two years though, which could be vital if you did find appropriate employment in the U.K.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jessica Booker, post: 103109, member: 2672"] You actually don’t need to complete the qualifying work experience part as a qualified lawyer in another jurisdiction (see screenshot attached from the Law Society website). The difficulty you will have is that you technically don’t need to do a training contract (where you generally get sponsored for the courses) because you don’t need to do the qualifying work experience. Qualified lawyers found it tough before the SQE because a TC was often awkward for them (had to wait 2-3 years to start a job, couldn’t be called a “trainee”, was a junior role many qualified lawyers would have felt was a significant step backwards etc), but at the same time they struggled to compete for qualified roles often due to their lack of comparable experience to U.K. trained/qualified lawyers. The SQE doesn’t really resolve this. I wouldn’t worry too much about the LLMs though - they don’t really hold much weight in the U.K. system unless you are applying to a specialist firm and your course aligns to that specialism (eg IP/Shipping law etc). A full LLM course will give you the opportunity to stay in the U.K. on a post-graduate work visa for two years though, which could be vital if you did find appropriate employment in the U.K. [/QUOTE]
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