9th December 2008, 14:09
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Paralegal
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Originally Posted by Del
Isn't it more the case of the attitude of the individual as opposed to the persons age? When I was doing the LPC there were students there fresh out of uni (I wasn't a 'mature' student I was about 22 but had taken a year out to work for solicitors) who were there for the sake of it and had no clue what they wanted to do or whether they really wanted to be a solicitor. Surely that sort of person would not come over so well in an interview as opposed to the mature student who had made a conscious decision to change their career?
Similarly there was a mature student on the LPC I was quite friendly with but her attitude was 'I'm old and no one will want me'. My view was with that attitude alone she will get be doing herself more harm than good as she was already writing herself off which I suppose was a defence mechanism against the descrimination she may face later on.
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*strokes chin*
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