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[Jessica Booker]

Did you have to resit any modules within your LPC?

 

[Jessica Booker]

yes, two elective modules

If a firm asked you to declare any resits, you would need to disclose these for the LPC even if you didn't complete the course. Some firms also ask you to disclose any studies even if they weren't completed, and so in these instances you would still have to declare the LPC.

Were you working alongside your LPC for this period?

 

[Jessica Booker]

ok that makes sense, and yes I was working part time alongside my LPC

Because you were working part-time, it would be better to show the commitment to your LPC studies rather than trying to hide them. There could be more of a question of what else you were doing with your time if you purposely avoided detailing it.

 

[Jessica Booker]

ok thank you so much. Because of all the caveats I have on my application, I was also wondering about whether I should aim lower in terms of the firms I am applying for. I have work experience in my family business, my own business and a bunch of volunteering experience, and I am hoping to get some paralegal experience soon after being onboarded by Flex Legal, and I wanted to get some honest feedback about if applying even to smaller city firms and 'smaller' US firms (ie non MC, non SC, none of the top US firms) is likely too difficult or not.

I don't want to waste effort on applications which will likely get thrown out immediately, so any guidance on that matter would be greatly appreciated!

The big influence here will be what your studying plans are. You will find it difficult to secure work if you still need to complete your LPC or are going to convert to the SQE, particularly if you cannot commit to full time hours or needs significant periods of time off for assessments.