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training contracts- just how hard is it to get one

  • 18-08-2007 5:01pm
    #1
    mr.twist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33 ✭


    i just want to get peoples thoughts and experiences on a getting training contract- how hard is it to get one - will it become impossible to secure one in the near future etc.


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  • #2
    IANAL (hullaballoo's test a/c)
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭IANAL (hullaballoo's test a/c)


    People tend to find it very difficult to answer questions that don't have some sort of contextual background. Well, at least I do anyway.

    If you could explain in something more akin to full sentences, and maybe even just a fleeting reference to what sort of training contract you're talking about, some people might be more inclined to help out. :)


  • #3
    mr.twist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33 ✭mr.twist


    Sorry a solicitor traineeship - for any sort of firm - from small town to large commercial. I keep hearing thats its getting harder and harder and market will be saturated with graduates looking to go down solicitor route leading to a situation where law firms are pretty much goin to 'shut up shop' in order to stop qualifiing people who will eventually be competing with them.

    I mean there was at least 1200-1300 people sitting the FE-1s in april- surely there are not this amount of traineeships available.


  • #4
    IANAL (hullaballoo's test a/c)
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭IANAL (hullaballoo's test a/c)


    Go for a summer internship in as many firms as possible, and try to impress enough to get a job-offer off the back of it.

    It's practically impossible to convince a firm (big or small) to give you a traineeship unless they have experience with you and know you're worth the cost to them.

    Other than that, get so qualified that they'd be insane not to take you on. Or practice in another country.


  • #5
    Maximilian
    Legal Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 5,400 Mod ✭✭✭✭Maximilian


    mr.twist wrote:
    Sorry a solicitor traineeship - for any sort of firm - from small town to large commercial. I keep hearing thats its getting harder and harder and market will be saturated with graduates looking to go down solicitor route leading to a situation where law firms are pretty much goin to 'shut up shop' in order to stop qualifiing people who will eventually be competing with them.

    I mean there was at least 1200-1300 people sitting the FE-1s in april- surely there are not this amount of traineeships available.

    The conspiracy theory element to your post is utter nonsense. The truth is there are far too many people chasing too few jobs and thats it.


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