TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

[gazdgazd11]

if anyone can share insights on CRS AC, please dm

Congrats! When did you get the invite and which office if you don’t mind x

 

[Gin]

Hey guys another question here! Will MC/US/International law firms be more harsh to international students who need sponsorship in terms of grades and work experience?

 

[Jessica Booker]

Hey guys another question here! Will MC/US/International law firms be more harsh to international students who need sponsorship in terms of grades and work experience?

I don’t think firms are harsher as such, especially now there is not any form of residents labour market test that needs to be done for people not transferring from a student visa (which used the be the case pre January 2021).

I do think firms look closely at motivations for international candidates though and often have an additional layer of why commercial law in the U.K. rather than another country that a lot of domestic students don’t have to prove in the same way. Firms know the English training system is one of the quicker ones in the world and that it makes many people more employable in other jurisdictions. They don’t want to train people for them to leave upon or shortly after qualification, especially in jurisdictions where they don’t operate.

 

[Gin]

I don’t think firms are harsher as such, especially now there is not any form of residents labour test that needs to be done for people not transferring from a student visa (which used the be the case pre January 2021).

I do think firms look closely at motivations for international candidates though and often have an additional layer of why commercial law in the U.K. rather than another country that a lot of domestic students don’t have to prove in the same way. Firms know the English training system is one of the quicker ones in the world and that it makes many people more employable in other jurisdictions. They don’t want to train people for them to leave upon or shortly after qualification, especially in jurisdictions where they don’t operate.

Thank you!!! That's so reassuring to know.