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and options related to joining the legal profession. Some questions arise again and again, while others are fiendishly
obscure. Each week we'll showcase one of your more interesting inquiries and provide an informative answer. So
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Letter of the Week
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I am a penultimate-year non-law student on a year abroad and I'm looking to apply for summer vacation placements. Many firms only accept applications from final-year non-law students and hold assessment days which, because I am abroad, I could not attend. Would firms allow me to do a telephone interview? I'd really like to get some work experience under my belt before my final year, but I don't know if this is a realistic aim?
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Previous Letters
I plan to become a barrister and am about to apply for a law conversion course. I was wondering what the major differences between the GDL and graduate-entry LLB are? Which is viewed more favourably by employers?
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I graduated from Warwick University this year with a 2.1 in law and have been temping ever since. My ambition is to practise as a barrister, so I wanted to take some time out to obtain valuable legal experience. I don't live in London and am not in a position to do unpaid work. Can you suggest other sectors I could look at which could demonstrate my commitment to the Bar and give me some transferable skills?
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I am a uni student in my final year studying classical literature and civilisation, and I'm interested in converting to law. Is it possible to acquire some sort of league table for the GDL course? There are so many law schools out there, I don't know how to choose!
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I have a chronic illness for which I take medication, but it doesn't affect me on a daily basis. I've seen lots of application forms with the question, "Are you in good health?" Are firms allowed to ask this?
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