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Very realistic - but you are going to have to explain the change in route.

Recruiters actually see a fair number of people in this type of situation. Banks are known to have a fairly harsh “cut” on graduate intakes, whether it be through not passing exams or not passing probation periods. Redundancies are rare because most graduate programmes aren’t eligible for redundancy packages (due to lack of length of service).

The issue is that there are too many IB’ers who then think law is the next best route. The two careers are very different - in fact in many ways polar opposite. So explaining why you are making a change to law can be tricky.

People do manage it and there are a number of people I recruited who had IB careers before getting into law. But i have lost count how many poorly thought through applications from IB’ers I have seen who didn’t complete their grad programme and are just jumping on law, probably because of the pay and prestige more than anything else.

In short, if it is obvious this is plan B from your application, it probably isn’t good enough. If you can articulate why the change in career, then it could be good enough.