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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jdr01" data-source="post: 216450" data-attributes="member: 28543">Hi everyone, I’d really appreciate some advice as I feel stuck with my career options.I graduated with a law degree and for the past two years I’ve been working as a Case Officer at a healthcare regulator. I previously applied for training contracts, but quickly realised that even if I were successful, the maintenance allowance wouldn’t realistically cover my London rent while studying full-time for the SQE.Now I feel caught between options. From what I understand, my realistic path would be to self-fund the SQE and then try to secure two years of qualifying work experience as a paralegal (either in-house or at a firm). But self-funding feels like a waste if my end goal is to work at a larger firm, as they could have funded it from the start.At the same time, getting a commercial paralegal role is very competitive, and many adverts already require SQE1 as a minimum. So I’m unsure if self-funding upfront is my only option, or if there are alternative routes I’m not seeing (e.g. in-house, compliance, regulation, etc.).Has anyone been in a similar position or found a practical way forward? I’d love to hear your experiences or advice.</blockquote>

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