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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
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<blockquote data-quote="trainee2025" data-source="post: 174898" data-attributes="member: 8482"><p>SQE is a brand new exam which has been subject to a lot of chaos and which is universally acknowledged to be much harder than the LPC. The pass rate is much lower so far and those who have failed include people with excellent academic records who have put huge amounts of work in and failed by only a couple of marks in some cases, which is undoubtedly an unfair reflection of their legal/academic abilities.</p><p></p><p>What I think is quite damaging at the moment is people, largely from past generations, trying to compare this situation to the LPC. This was an exam which was conventionally assessed, had been around for a very long time, and which 90+ % of TC holders did pass (and indeed did better than pass, usually without issue). None of these things apply to the SQE1 cohort which have just received their results. Until the ins and outs of the SQE have really embedded themselves, I think this is a really harsh move by CC, particularly for people who might have held a TC with them since first year and are now left with nothing both employment-wise and financially. The fact that other MC and even US firms are being more lenient with resits as they acknowledge the challenges of the new exam will go to show this in the long run imo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trainee2025, post: 174898, member: 8482"] SQE is a brand new exam which has been subject to a lot of chaos and which is universally acknowledged to be much harder than the LPC. The pass rate is much lower so far and those who have failed include people with excellent academic records who have put huge amounts of work in and failed by only a couple of marks in some cases, which is undoubtedly an unfair reflection of their legal/academic abilities. What I think is quite damaging at the moment is people, largely from past generations, trying to compare this situation to the LPC. This was an exam which was conventionally assessed, had been around for a very long time, and which 90+ % of TC holders did pass (and indeed did better than pass, usually without issue). None of these things apply to the SQE1 cohort which have just received their results. Until the ins and outs of the SQE have really embedded themselves, I think this is a really harsh move by CC, particularly for people who might have held a TC with them since first year and are now left with nothing both employment-wise and financially. The fact that other MC and even US firms are being more lenient with resits as they acknowledge the challenges of the new exam will go to show this in the long run imo. [/QUOTE]
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