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Originally Posted by Qwerty
I'm in my first year at University studying Law.
I'm worried about getting a training contract. Is it really as difficult as people say?
I'm hoping to come out of University with a 2.1 or a 1st, but I'm really worrying that I'll not get a training contract anywhere and never become a solicitor!
Do a large percentage of graduates end up never getting a training contract
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It is extremely difficult to get a TC especially form a large city or regional firm and not much easier with what people deem high street firms. And so it should be! You do not seriously think that you spend your time excelling and training your brain to the utmost just to sit and vegetate for the rest of your days?
As far as hoping for a 2.1 goes, i would suggest that you shit in one hand and hope in the other and see which hand fills up faster! It is not a case of hoping, it is a case of doing the reading, understanding the reading asking questions when you do not understand, even if you feel like a muppet and getting top marks.
Further than that, you need experience on your cv now. 12 months ago would have been a better time to start getting it. Formal City Vacation placements, helping out smaller firms over the summer, Citizens advice, the free representation unit, Liberty, Inquest you can approach all these to do a bit of legal work experience.
A large percentage probably do fail to become a solicitor, a large percentage also can't hack it when they make it and drop out BUT there is still and will remain strong demand for good graduates who work hard and are good lawyers.
If you are still unclear I suggest you heed the words of the deeply infuriating but consistently right Dan Hull.
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