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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
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<blockquote data-quote="Disgruntled SQE Student" data-source="post: 232794" data-attributes="member: 39115"><p>I can definitely see where you're coming from. My own experience with the competitive market comes almost exclusively from the challenges faced by some NQ and 2 PQE friends of mine who have tried to move laterally. Firms do need a lot of associates, but the market at the moment is so saturated that NQs aren't even being kept on their training firms. The idea that a foreign qualified NQ who would need to convert would fit the bill over their own trainees is a little alien to me. Not to mention that there are many smaller firms that do not sponsor, so one's target firms will be reduced and competition narrowed to that of big international firms. That being said, specialist markets demand specialist people and for all of your mentioned KPAs, being a dual qualified lawyer can really be an asset. Especially for firms with lateral pipelines, PM, HL, HSFK and so on, it may very well be exactly as you say.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Disgruntled SQE Student, post: 232794, member: 39115"] I can definitely see where you're coming from. My own experience with the competitive market comes almost exclusively from the challenges faced by some NQ and 2 PQE friends of mine who have tried to move laterally. Firms do need a lot of associates, but the market at the moment is so saturated that NQs aren't even being kept on their training firms. The idea that a foreign qualified NQ who would need to convert would fit the bill over their own trainees is a little alien to me. Not to mention that there are many smaller firms that do not sponsor, so one's target firms will be reduced and competition narrowed to that of big international firms. That being said, specialist markets demand specialist people and for all of your mentioned KPAs, being a dual qualified lawyer can really be an asset. Especially for firms with lateral pipelines, PM, HL, HSFK and so on, it may very well be exactly as you say. [/QUOTE]
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