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securing a vacation scheme/training contract as overseas student - advise needed!
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<blockquote data-quote="AJ" data-source="post: 13412" data-attributes="member: 543"><p>To answer the first part, as good a chance as anyone else, as long as the rest of your application is strong (i.e. how you present work experience/skills and answer the form questions).</p><p></p><p>Self funding GDL/LPC/LLM, is a very subjective decision, which I’m not sure anyone can answer for you. It is very situation specific. It is a risk, especially with SQE coming along - no idea if it will affect the substance of the GDL and/or add/remove to the SQE. Some firms will reimburse you, but not all. A master is less niche, whereas a GDL almost ties you law. But then either can also open you up to the opportunities at an institution to interact with firms and the career service (not that this is a reason to self fund either).</p><p></p><p>Personally, I’ve always been cynical of paralegalling towards a TC. Yes, great experience and gets your foot in the door with a firm, but a) some paralegals get taken advantage of by being asked to do associate level work with rewards not commensurate; and b) in the past I’ve seen the carrot of a TC be shown and people remain paralegals for a very long time. But if you are looking for paralegal work, sign up to a few agencies. They will usually have roles to fill at short notice or fixed term roles which could work to your advantage. Once you’ve got a few of those under your belt, you could go onto something more substantive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AJ, post: 13412, member: 543"] To answer the first part, as good a chance as anyone else, as long as the rest of your application is strong (i.e. how you present work experience/skills and answer the form questions). Self funding GDL/LPC/LLM, is a very subjective decision, which I’m not sure anyone can answer for you. It is very situation specific. It is a risk, especially with SQE coming along - no idea if it will affect the substance of the GDL and/or add/remove to the SQE. Some firms will reimburse you, but not all. A master is less niche, whereas a GDL almost ties you law. But then either can also open you up to the opportunities at an institution to interact with firms and the career service (not that this is a reason to self fund either). Personally, I’ve always been cynical of paralegalling towards a TC. Yes, great experience and gets your foot in the door with a firm, but a) some paralegals get taken advantage of by being asked to do associate level work with rewards not commensurate; and b) in the past I’ve seen the carrot of a TC be shown and people remain paralegals for a very long time. But if you are looking for paralegal work, sign up to a few agencies. They will usually have roles to fill at short notice or fixed term roles which could work to your advantage. Once you’ve got a few of those under your belt, you could go onto something more substantive. [/QUOTE]
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