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Consult the Oracle and you will find enlightenment... At LawCareers.Net we often receive queries about the processes and options related to joining the legal profession. Some questions arise again and again, while others are fiendishly obscure. Each week we'll publish one of the more interesting inquiries (anonymously) and provide an informative answer. But don’t worry – most letters are answered privately. Email us at oracle@lawcareers.net and don’t forget to comment by signing into MyLC.N.
Letter of the week
Late for a very important date
I know that the main deadline for training contract applications is 31 July, but with around six weeks to go, I’ve still got loads of time left to fill out my forms, right?
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Quality not quantity
Last year I sent off over 50 training contract applications, but wasn't invited for a single interview. What am I doing wrong? How can I improve things this year?
Read reply »Help! I'm not in the A Team
I'm currently doing my LPC and have a 2.1 law degree, but I've been receiving a lot of rejections for training contracts. I suspect they might be due largely to my awful A-levels. Do I have any hope of getting a training contract?
Read reply »An offer you can't refuse
I have been offered a paralegal position followed by a training contract in personal injury at the firm where I'm currently working. This is not an area of law I ever intended to go into, but my A levels aren’t great and I don’t know what my chances would be elsewhere. Should I take the offer?
Read reply »What about me?
I am writing to register my frustration. I am not a young graduate, law is my second career and I did not get high A levels, although I have proved myself in the workplace. Where are the firms that are interested in people like me? The focus is always on young people with amazing academics; what if you don’t fit that mould?
Read reply »Paralegal my way into practice?
I know that it has become harder to secure a training contract these days, but I have also noticed that there seem to be increasing opportunities for paralegals: would becoming a paralegal be a more certain way of pursuing a career as a solicitor?
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