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<blockquote data-quote="TCLA Community Assistant" data-source="post: 211757" data-attributes="member: 2672">1) An LLM would only take a year unless it was part time - I think the people you are looking at have done an LLM level SQE prep course rather than two separate courses. People may have taken longer than a year if they had to resit either SQE1 or SQE2 though. People can do anything in the gap year - work in the legal industry, work outside of it, go travelling. Most lawyers would encourage you to use the time for whatever you want to do as its unlikely you'll ever get a year out to do something like that again without it being a big financial commitment to doing so.2) Some firms can accommodate earlier start dates but its very dependent on the people in those earlier intakes. If they are full and no one wants to move to a later intake, then you may not be moved forward. You should speak to your firm at the point you are made an offer as to the feasibility of starting earlier.3) You wouldn't do a separate LLM and SQE - I don't think this is feasible in terms of balancing your studies. There are LLM SQE prep courses though and some firms will sponsor you through this type of course. It isn't really an LLM as such though - its just the SQE prep with some additional modules/dissertation level type project to take it up to a masters level course. The only real benefit of these courses is that you can apply for post-graduate student finance and then move from a student visa to a post-study visa if appropriate (can be a benefit if the firm does not sponsor skilled persons visas). A firm is highly unlikely to sponsor a separate LLM course because it is not necessary for you to become a solicitor. They only sponsor the courses needed to allow you to train and qualify.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TCLA Community Assistant, post: 211757, member: 2672"] 1) An LLM would only take a year unless it was part time - I think the people you are looking at have done an LLM level SQE prep course rather than two separate courses. People may have taken longer than a year if they had to resit either SQE1 or SQE2 though. People can do anything in the gap year - work in the legal industry, work outside of it, go travelling. Most lawyers would encourage you to use the time for whatever you want to do as its unlikely you'll ever get a year out to do something like that again without it being a big financial commitment to doing so. 2) Some firms can accommodate earlier start dates but its very dependent on the people in those earlier intakes. If they are full and no one wants to move to a later intake, then you may not be moved forward. You should speak to your firm at the point you are made an offer as to the feasibility of starting earlier. 3) You wouldn't do a separate LLM and SQE - I don't think this is feasible in terms of balancing your studies. There are LLM SQE prep courses though and some firms will sponsor you through this type of course. It isn't really an LLM as such though - its just the SQE prep with some additional modules/dissertation level type project to take it up to a masters level course. The only real benefit of these courses is that you can apply for post-graduate student finance and then move from a student visa to a post-study visa if appropriate (can be a benefit if the firm does not sponsor skilled persons visas). A firm is highly unlikely to sponsor a separate LLM course because it is not necessary for you to become a solicitor. They only sponsor the courses needed to allow you to train and qualify. [/QUOTE]

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