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What do graduate career changers do for work during PGDL/SQE training before the actual training contract starts? -silly beginner question
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<blockquote data-quote="katya007" data-source="post: 183367" data-attributes="member: 37048"><p>Hi all, please can you help me answer a potentially silly and obvious question but I cannot find the answer anywhere - IF (big if) I were to be successful for a training contract ( for example, Chance & Clifford etc), they say you have to have the PGDL and SQE finished before the Training Contract starts in 2027/2028. </p><p></p><p>They do sponsor these exams. But so do I have to figure out my own job/living arrangements during this time until I pass all exams? As I understand they do not just hire you without no law degrees and offer full time work alongside this training? I assume the PGDL and SQE training is full-time also, so what do people do for work during this the studies are pretty intense. I am asking as I really want to apply for this but I can't afford to stop work for these years to 2027/2028, my parents also live in Latvia so I can't move home. Have I completely misunderstood how this works?</p><p></p><p>To give a little background about me, I (31F) am a career changer with 2:1 in Performing Arts (I know), graduated in 2020 from the University of Sussex, Latvian nationality but lived in the UK these last 10 years with a settled status. Before university I worked a variety of customer service and hospitality jobs, these last 4 years I have worked for a start-up that is a government approved Endorsing Body for a certain type of business visa, in this time I met a lot of entrepreneurs, had a lot of exposure to business law, contract law, immigration law etc that has fueled my interest in law.</p><p></p><p>Thanks all for your help!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="katya007, post: 183367, member: 37048"] Hi all, please can you help me answer a potentially silly and obvious question but I cannot find the answer anywhere - IF (big if) I were to be successful for a training contract ( for example, Chance & Clifford etc), they say you have to have the PGDL and SQE finished before the Training Contract starts in 2027/2028. They do sponsor these exams. But so do I have to figure out my own job/living arrangements during this time until I pass all exams? As I understand they do not just hire you without no law degrees and offer full time work alongside this training? I assume the PGDL and SQE training is full-time also, so what do people do for work during this the studies are pretty intense. I am asking as I really want to apply for this but I can't afford to stop work for these years to 2027/2028, my parents also live in Latvia so I can't move home. Have I completely misunderstood how this works? To give a little background about me, I (31F) am a career changer with 2:1 in Performing Arts (I know), graduated in 2020 from the University of Sussex, Latvian nationality but lived in the UK these last 10 years with a settled status. Before university I worked a variety of customer service and hospitality jobs, these last 4 years I have worked for a start-up that is a government approved Endorsing Body for a certain type of business visa, in this time I met a lot of entrepreneurs, had a lot of exposure to business law, contract law, immigration law etc that has fueled my interest in law. Thanks all for your help! [/QUOTE]
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