A&O is going to swallow shearman..Paul are you ok?!What do you guys think the implication of A&O Sherman's merger will be for Trainees??
A&O is going to swallow shearman..Paul are you ok?!What do you guys think the implication of A&O Sherman's merger will be for Trainees??
I am not convinced you can do SQE2 that quickly. You wouldn’t get the SQE1 results until March, and the booking for SQE2 closes 2 and a half months before the assessments.If it’s a September 2025 start, you’d start in September 2024. The courses are usually a year long and you do sqe 1 in january and sqe 2 in April. If you are part of city consortium I believe they do sqe 1 in january and sqe 2 in july
The university of law and BPP standard courses all do the sqe 1 in January and the sqe 2 in April. The sqe 1 results take 5-6 weeks, but you start the prep before you actually find out you’ve passed. Then you just register to sit the actual examI am not convinced you can do SQE2 that quickly. You wouldn’t get the SQE1 results until March, and the booking for SQE2 closes 2 and a half months before the assessments.
They are very optimistic about the timeframes here. You can’t register for SQE2 until you can show you have passed SQE1, so you won’t get your SQE2 results until mid-March, so four weeks before the SQE2 assessments took place. Most people who sat SQE1 in January 2023 registered for rhe SQE2 in July 2023 due to the registration timeframes.The university of law and BPP standard courses all do the sqe 1 in January and the sqe 2 in April. The sqe 1 results take 5-6 weeks, but you start the prep before you actually find out you’ve passed. Then you just register to sit the actual exam
Thank you! I’m asking as I was planning to apply for jobs now that I’m graduating. I know it’s hard to say, But Would it be safe to say I would be able to apply for 6 or 9 month internships/full-time positions starting September 2023?There is no set answer to this due to the variety of the courses available and whether the firm will allow you to start having sat SQE2 but not had the results.
The major issue at the moment is it takes 4-5 months to get your SQE2 results, so if you were starting in September 2025 and needed to have got confirmation of passing the SQE2 assessments, you would have to sit the SQE2 in April 2025, which means you would have to sit SQE1 in July 2024. As there are currently only two SQE1 sittings a year (January & July), the timings are rubbish for law firms' current trainee intake start dates.
I mean maybe but it worked out for the people on the course this year, I doubt bpp and ulaw would make this oversight if it wasn’t possible but who knowsThey are very optimistic about the timeframes here. You can’t register for SQE2 until you can show you have passed SQE1, so you won’t get your SQE2 results until mid-March, so four weeks before the SQE2 assessments took place. Most people who sat SQE1 in January 2023 registered for rhe SQE2 in July 2023 due to the registration timeframes.
Very strange unless they have some form of special arrangement (which is very dodgy if so).I mean maybe but it worked out for the people on the course this year, I doubt bpp and ulaw would make this oversight if it wasn’t possible but who knows
I’m not sure if this helps, but I found this info on the SRA website re keeping open some spaces on the next sitting of SQE2 for those waiting for SQE1 results.Very strange unless they have some form of special arrangement (which is very dodgy if so).
Registrations for SQE2 closed on 5 March 2023 for the April 2023 sitting, and the SQE1 results from January 2023 didn’t come out until the 14 March 2023.
I wonder how many they actually held back and given people had trouble booking into the SQE2 assessments due to lack of availability. This is yet another issue with how this is being delivered.I’m not sure if this helps, but I found this info on the SRA website re keeping open some spaces on the next sitting of SQE2 for those waiting for SQE1 results.
Hi, Jessica. Just curious about what the candidates do after between having taken the SQE 1 and waiting to register for the SQE2 ? And by this measure, the SQE lasts more than a year then, right? Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks.They are very optimistic about the timeframes here. You can’t register for SQE2 until you can show you have passed SQE1, so you won’t get your SQE2 results until mid-March, so four weeks before the SQE2 assessments took place. Most people who sat SQE1 in January 2023 registered for rhe SQE2 in July 2023 due to the registration timeframes.
Typically they do SQE2 prep.Hi, Jessica. Just curious about what the candidates do after between having taken the SQE 1 and waiting to register for the SQE2 ? And by this measure, the SQE lasts more than a year then, right? Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks.
This comment is not very appropriate, IMO.A&O is going to swallow shearman..Paul are you ok?!
I also just completed a one week vacation scheme - I would say wait until the scheme begins because one week-long vac schemes are incredibly packed. You won't be able to give the associate/partner a time or even a day until the scheme begins, so maybe hold off until then?I am about to do a vacation scheme and I am wondering what the etiquette is if I want to have a chat with a partner or associate from a team which isn't my host team. Do I send an email now to arrange it even though I am not sure what my agenda will look like, or do I email at the beginning of the week (the scheme is only one week)? or do I just give up on that and hope I can meet them at the networking events?
I don't want to bother anyone as I know they are really busy but I also don't want to miss out on that opportunity.
After AC?Is anyone else yet to hear from W&C?
Thank you for your answer! There is a networking lunch on the first day so I'll wait and see if some members of the team are there.I also just completed a one week vacation scheme - I would say wait until the scheme begins because one week-long vac schemes are incredibly packed. You won't be able to give the associate/partner a time or even a day until the scheme begins, so maybe hold off until then?
Having said that, if there are people you want to talk you and you have already identified them, send them an email on the first day rather than waiting for a networking event etc - there is no guarantee the people you want to talk to will be there, and with hybrid working etc the number of people in the office begins to taper off towards the end of the week, so try and arrange meetings on the first day so that the associates/partners can schedule accordingly!
This is purely my experience though - maybe in some circumstances it is better to contact them in advance.