Haimsey
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if so, what grades/course did you get/do to get where you are today 
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3CorsaMeal
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my m8 is just about to start a "pupilige" (SP)
dunno much about it, but he wants to be a barrister and can't practice until he does it
even tho he has passed uni etc
think u have to choose a type of law
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Haimsey
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barristers tend to specialise in a certain area of law, do you know what he is wanting to specialise in
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Rob_sta
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I am an accredited Mental Health Specialist
Not a qualified solicitor but do exactly the same work!
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Gavin_G
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Im just about to start at The College of Law doing my GDL then my LPC, gotta training contract lined up for Sept 2007.......so ask again in 4 years and I can say "Yes, Im qualified" 
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Haimsey
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Originally posted by Gavin_G
Im just about to start at The College of Law doing my GDL then my LPC, gotta training contract lined up for Sept 2007.......so ask again in 4 years and I can say "Yes, Im qualified"
yes im qualified, but thousands in debt 
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MULLER2
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my missus is in her second year of her placement (training contract)
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Gavin_G
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Yeh just finished Uni (3 years of debt accrued there)
Then 2 years at Law School (more debt)
But then I work for 2 years at a firm as a trainee (less debt)
Such is life 
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Haimsey
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Originally posted by Gavin_G
Yeh just finished Uni (3 years of debt accrued there)
Then 2 years at Law School (more debt)
But then I work for 2 years at a firm as a trainee (less debt)
Such is life
worth it in later life 
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Gavin_G
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Thats what they tell you, as they smile and take your course fees 
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Phil321
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If you end up with a good firm they pay you a salary and all your fees for anything post Uni. Best mate just got a job with Slaughter and May and gets everything paid for.
however, I hear stories of good people with good grades who pay for college etc themselves and then can't get a job at the end of it.
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Gavin_G
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Yeh the big firms will pay your fees AND give you a nice little figure to "live on" (not quite a salary)
Ive got 2 more interviews lined up but just feel chuffed to have a training contract in the bag, even though they wont pay my fees etc...
Slaughter & May, Wow he must be a straight "A" pupil....Sweet
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Alex
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i work at a solicitors
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Haimsey
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i work at a solicitors
cleaning dont count, im sorry
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Haimsey
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how do u got about getting it paid for and wot eva by a company
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Gavin_G
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You know before you apply, for example on Herbert Smith' application form it states they will pay GDL (where appropriate) and LPC course fees aswell as pay £5k a year for living expenses.
Norm only the really big London/International firms do this.
Im funding myself....competition is extreme for those firms!
Unless you've got at least ABB @ A Level and went to a top Uni dont bother trying
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Haimsey
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ive just done my AS level exams, was one bastard mark off an A in my law exam :,mad: , so now have to resit one of my exams
out of the 3 exams i sat i got A's on two of them and a B on the other, so im gonna resit the B grade paper in the hope of gettin an A next time around
[Edited on 19-08-2005 by _c_o_r_s_a_]
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Gavin_G
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Good stuff ;-)
Then apply to a good Uni, I did IT. (Information Technology BSc)
If you graduate in any other degree apart from Law you have to do a "GDL"
(formerly CPE) which cover the seven foundation modules all law graduates did at Uni. Except you only have 1 year not 3 
Then if you wanna be a solicitor you do your LPC course, again 1 year.
If its a barrister then your BVC!
[Edited on 19-08-2005 by Gavin_G]
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John
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quote:
Originally posted by Gavin_G
Good stuff ;-)
Then apply to a good Uni, I did IT. (Information Technology BSc)
If you graduate in any other degree apart from Law you have to do a "GDL"
(formerly CPE) which cover the seven foundation modules all law graduates did at Uni. Except you only have 1 year not 3
Then if you wanna be a solicitor you do your LPC course, again 1 year.
If its a barrister then your BVC!
[Edited on 19-08-2005 by Gavin_G]
So can you just get any degree then go and do 2 years of law school to be a lawyer?
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Haimsey
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yea i know all the routes to become a solicitor/barrister, we had to know them for the exam
i also got a B in biology and a fookin C in IT 
wasnt wanting to resit thou, but at least i have a decent reason to resit, rather than having to resit due to doing shit on exam 
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Gavin_G
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quote:
Originally posted by John
quote:
Originally posted by Gavin_G
Good stuff ;-)
Then apply to a good Uni, I did IT. (Information Technology BSc)
If you graduate in any other degree apart from Law you have to do a "GDL"
(formerly CPE) which cover the seven foundation modules all law graduates did at Uni. Except you only have 1 year not 3
Then if you wanna be a solicitor you do your LPC course, again 1 year.
If its a barrister then your BVC!
[Edited on 19-08-2005 by Gavin_G]
So can you just get any degree then go and do 2 years of law school to be a lawyer?
Yup!
Altho you can imagine how difficult the GDL is.....I'll let you know next year!
Having spoken to a few guys who just did it, its like having no life for a year
_c_o_r_s_a_ - Ooops just realised you did law, you know more than me at this moment in time!
All in all though its v. important to gain experience too.
I sent out over 60 apps for a training contract, so far received around 10 rejections, 1 interview
I also worked 6 years at a County Court where I met a Deputy District Judge who has his own firm and offered me a training contract
Like I said before, not what you know....its who you know
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John
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Whats the pay like realisticly?
Didn't know before you could just go and do 2 years worth.
Reading the one at my uni there and its 5700 a year to do the 2 year thing.
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Gavin_G
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pay like where?
Course fees arent cheap
@ The College of Law in Guildford where I am going its £5,975.00 for the GDL and then £9k something for the LPC.
A trainees wage differs from area to area, with a London firm £28k is realistic. Outside of London anywhere from £12k to £20k
One International firm "Shearman & Sterling" pay £45k for trainees that goes to £60k + once theyve qualified after 2 years
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i got a B last year AS law but ended up with a C this year still am off to Kingston un i to study commercial law in September
will see how it goes
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MarkM
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Im in my last year of a Law degree and shall be doing my LPC next year...so technically im 4 years from being a fully qualified solicitor...seems such a long time when you think about it...
I plan on getting sponsorship through my LPC etc from a company with a traning contract dependant on results...hopefully it all works out...
I go to an academic "red brick" uni which is a decent uni for Law so hopefully it will help me when applying for my training contract...
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