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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TCLA Community Assistant" data-source="post: 77101" data-attributes="member: 2672">I don’t think you need to pick a lane. You could still do the GDL and on a part time basis and just ensure it has a good SQE prep option embedded into it.The GDL on its own doesn’t exempt you from the SQE, but if you did go on to complete the LPC too, then you would be exempt from SQE1, meaning you would only need to do SQE2.For firms who recruit trainees from paralegals, I suspect they will still want to see a good SQE prep course instead of the GDL/LPC or worse, could expect you to have passed both stages of the SQE before even considering you for a paralegal role.It’s really hard to know how firms are going to be flexible with this though. Some will take you on pre SQE (even pre SQE1) and allow you to complete the two courses as you work (probably will take 30 months though - look at Kennedys for an example of this), others could take you on between SQE1 and 2. I don’t think it is necessarily too early to start a TC after completing SQE1 though.What firms deem QWE versus what the SRA deem QWE are too very different things. This is what muddies the water with the new system. There is a risk that people become over qualified but not with the “right” experience. You see this with qualifications like RICS, CFA, ACCA. It becomes difficult to “train” someone who is already technically qualified and usually you can’t bill them out aThings to remember - sitting for the SQE are going to be pretty infrequent. A SQE prep course may only take six months, but you’ll have to align it with the SQE1 sitting and also hope you pass on first sitting (roughly 60% pass rate expected going by the QLTS model it is based on).I don’t think there will be lots of people studying for the SQE in 2022 though - I think it won’t really be until 2023 that we see people undertaking the SQE.My view is firms who haven’t sponsored the GDL/LPC previously will just try to pick up people who have passed SQE 1 and 2, in the same way they expected people to pass the LPC of their own accord.</blockquote>

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