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<blockquote data-quote="Jessica Booker" data-source="post: 163808" data-attributes="member: 2672">1) While on a student visa, you will be restricted to working 20 hours a week during term time. For LLMs, your term time can sometimes include either briefer or fewer periods of leave compared to an undergraduate course. If you subsequently take up a graduate visa, there will be no restrictions apart from the two years. You can work any job during the visa's length and work for multiple employers.2) Possibly - a paralegal role may meet the QWE requirements, but they often do not. The firm has the right to decline signing off your paralegal experience if they do not think it meets the QWE's requirements. Once qualified, you would apply for qualified role. But this is one of the main issues with the SQE - qualifying via paralegal experince does not mean you are a competitive candidate in the NQ market. In fact, I discourage people to qualify via the SQE as a paralegal unless the firm you are working for (or another firm) is guaranteeing you a NQ role. If you qualify you could be overqualified but under experienced and find it difficult to find an NQ role.3) You can find a list of employers who can sponsor visas here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jessica Booker, post: 163808, member: 2672"] 1) While on a student visa, you will be restricted to working 20 hours a week during term time. For LLMs, your term time can sometimes include either briefer or fewer periods of leave compared to an undergraduate course. If you subsequently take up a graduate visa, there will be no restrictions apart from the two years. You can work any job during the visa's length and work for multiple employers. 2) Possibly - a paralegal role may meet the QWE requirements, but they often do not. The firm has the right to decline signing off your paralegal experience if they do not think it meets the QWE's requirements. Once qualified, you would apply for qualified role. But this is one of the main issues with the SQE - qualifying via paralegal experince does not mean you are a competitive candidate in the NQ market. In fact, I discourage people to qualify via the SQE as a paralegal unless the firm you are working for (or another firm) is guaranteeing you a NQ role. If you qualify you could be overqualified but under experienced and find it difficult to find an NQ role. 3) You can find a list of employers who can sponsor visas here: [URL]https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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