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The LPC is pretty intense but no more than 12 hours is manageable. You just have to treat it like a 9-5 (sometimes a few more hours), so as long as you can do the hours alongside balancing whatever else you have going on you will be great! Plus it shows good time management skills for interviews!Would be great if I could get some advice on thisI’m due to begin the LPC in September and want to get a part time job, for example in retail, while I study. I would not be working any more than 12 hours a week. Is this feasible?
Message me if you have any more questionsthe GDL wont be a waste, most law firms are asking that non-law graduate do the PGDL prior to the SQE. I wouldn't self-fund the LPC, as someone that has just finished the LPC I am being told by some firms I would have to SQE2, I only did the LPC as I did it part time starting last year prior to the SQE coming in and I got a full fee scholarship.
The GDL won't be wasted - most firms are putting people through the GDL before the SQE prep courses anyway.
This is very helpful, thank you so muchThe LPC is pretty intense but no more than 12 hours is manageable. You just have to treat it like a 9-5 (sometimes a few more hours), so as long as you can do the hours alongside balancing whatever else you have going on you will be great! Plus it shows good time management skills for interviews!
It’s a standardised and regulated course across universities and so it is likely that there won’t be such unique grading systems like an undergraduate degree. I know some people who got a fraction of a percent below a boundary and received the lower grade, so not sure it is even rounded up. I could be wrong though.
You won't be a guinea pig by the time the 2023 intake starts - there will have been several cohorts by that time.
I agree with Jessica. I think it's a good idea to raise your concerns with the firm as they will be able to reassure you even if they won't be able to shift you on to the 2023 cohort/LPC track. I think people can have a tendency to view the SQE as a concept where the cards are stacked against you because its 1) new 2) it's an exam which requires more independent study than the LPC. But this isn't the case, especially when you're sponsored.
For it to be a term in the contract, it must be there in case the firm want to pull back the costs if you were to fail.
Hey, thought I could chip in - I think the structure you suggested initially works well with implementing the 'why me' aspects into your 'why them' - I did the same thing for the Travers vacation scheme application this cycle, and it worked well for me to get a TC with them. Let me know if want help with the app and I'll be happy to help out.
How many words did you do if you don't mind me asking. As graduate recruitment said they want it short like 500 words and not long like 800 words.
The “why you” part can describe more of the aspects your CV doesn’t cover. There is no point covering in detail the things you have done, but what your CV won’t tell your reader is why you enjoyed things, why you did them, and what you feel you personally gained from them.
My cover letter was 935 words - I understand that I may be the exception, not the rule. But I must say that every word I included in my cover letter added to the overall application, which made me progress to the next stage.
