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Law Graduate with Legal Practice Certificate [ASAP]

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:55 pm
by Mid A 15
seeks work in the legal profession.

My daughter has LLB (with French) and has also achieved a commended pass in her legal practice certificate.

Can anyone offer her a training contract or interim paralegal work, preferably in Kent? Her preferred area of law is Commercial Property.

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 10:47 am
by Deb GP
My husband is in this field. The only way he managed to get a training contract was to be a Paralegal for a bit. He started through an agency (UK Project Support). When after a while internal openings cam up, he applied - et voila. Lots of people appear to have taken this route in his firm. I don't thinkt he old boy's network is quite what it was.

As for working for a regional firm it's sometimes better to start off at a big firm and then once qualified scale down. It's almost impossible to do it the other way around so I gather. This of course presumes you've got a 2.1 degree and a distinction in the LPC.

A good place to find out about legal firms is on RollonFriday.com

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 12:15 pm
by Mid A 15
Deb GP wrote:My husband is in this field. The only way he managed to get a training contract was to be a Paralegal for a bit. He started through an agency (UK Project Support). When after a while internal openings cam up, he applied - et voila. Lots of people appear to have taken this route in his firm. I don't thinkt he old boy's network is quite what it was.

As for working for a regional firm it's sometimes better to start off at a big firm and then once qualified scale down. It's almost impossible to do it the other way around so I gather. This of course presumes you've got a 2.1 degree and a distinction in the LPC.

A good place to find out about legal firms is on RollonFriday.com
Thanks for replying. I shall e mail her a link to this thread.