I received an invite to do the WG for freshfields! Nothing from w&c yet
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I am in a similar boat but my initial reaction is the opposite. I was wondering if admitting that I am working on qualifying as a solicitor in another country harms my chances when it comes to a UK training contract? As it shows I am not committed?
As an international student on the graduate visa, there is no guarantee I will secure a TC and I didn't want to risk wasting a year when I could be studying for the qualifying exams in my home country if I don't end up securing a TC. However, I'm not sure if this is something that I should disclose to law firms?
For context, if I don't disclose it then it does look like I have a one-year gap in my CV, when in reality I was travelling and studying for these exams. Furthermore, I will not be sitting the final qualifying exams if I were to secure a TC so I will not be starting my TC as a qualified lawyer.
@Jessica Booker do you have any advice? Thank you.
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You have to tread carefully here. It needs to be more nuanced than cross-border transactions/an international firm. Why that particular firm and why in that particular location?
Your reader is going to be thinking:
1) Why do they want to start their career all over again when they could just continue as a qualified lawyer where they are?
2) Why will they commit to a career in the UK? Is there a risk they just want to gain some experience/qualify in England & Wales just to progress their career in their home country?
This would be during my interviews / AC questions. I have an international LLM following my LLB so my qualifying abroad would just be an extension of this. I will keep your points in mind, thank you very much!
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Same applies in interviews (and probably would get pushed on this quite heavily in interviews too).
Has anyone heard from RPC post direct tc app?
Has anyone heard from Freshfields today post application.
Yes, a few have. They appear to send the WG out in batches. I had mine last Fri and a few received them sent today.
If you go back to the first pages of this thread people were only receiving Freshfields AC invites in mid-August last year, so there's still a chance!
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