My dd wants to become a lawyer after her history degree at Cambridge. She is applying for jobs now but so far not had much luck.
She needs to do a law conversion course and then the SQE courses. Lots of companies she applied to have a maintenance grant for the conversion & they pay the fees. She has to do the GLD/conversion in central London.
We are from the north east so can’t help with free accommodation. The grant is “only” £10,000. One firm has told her that students should not have part time work.
How do people afford to do the conversion? £10k is not enough to live in London for a year from our research.
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makumaku · 14/04/2024 14:22
Investinmyself · 15/04/2024 00:30
There aren’t govt student loans for the postgraduate law conversion diploma. Successful applicants to city firms will have fees paid and contribution to living expenses. I believe graduate bank loans are available.
If she hasn’t secured a training contract yet then she’s looking at working and keeping applying so will have opportunity to save.
Theres more to law than London city law. Nothing to stop her applying for trainee solicitor jobs in NE and living at home.
Spirallingdownwards · 15/04/2024 10:18
There are now places offering a conversion masters which do in fact qualify for regular masters funding .
Investinmyself · 15/04/2024 00:30
There aren’t govt student loans for the postgraduate law conversion diploma. Successful applicants to city firms will have fees paid and contribution to living expenses. I believe graduate bank loans are available.
If she hasn’t secured a training contract yet then she’s looking at working and keeping applying so will have opportunity to save.
Theres more to law than London city law. Nothing to stop her applying for trainee solicitor jobs in NE and living at home.
ilikeicecrea · 15/04/2024 11:01
I honestly thought the magic circle firms paid well enough to meet living expenses for this
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