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Message: <blockquote data-quote="W5690" data-source="post: 200390" data-attributes="member: 3642">Hello,I enrolled in a law conversion course in January 2025 and I am due to complete it in November 2026 (part-time mode). I will, of course, have to prepare for and take the SQE afterwards.I am planning to submit applications for a training contract. I am aware of the fact that law firms generally recruit 2 or even 3 years in advance, but I am pretty confused about the timeline in my case. Could you please help me figure out which start date(s) I should aim for to submit my TC applications? In the event that is too early, should I focus on submitting applications for vacation schemes instead, knowing that some law firms only recruit their trainees via their vacation schemes? I understand it is required to pass the SQE before starting a training contract, but it is not required to have it passed before you apply - am I correct? However, how can you know when you will have passed the SQE at the time of applying? I do not want to waste time, but at the same time it does not make sense to apply, in the best case scenario get a TC offer and not be able to start it.[USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER] Could you please let me know your thoughts on all of this?Many thanks.</blockquote>

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