Blackhall Place and recession

njals_saga

I passed the last of my FE1's in the autumn of 2007. This means that I must start my training contract prior to the end of 2012, or else my passed exams will be extinguished.
Does anyone know if there are any plans by the Law society to extend this 5 year limit in light of the economic situation.
Thanks.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

That would be nice
Or some sort of repayment plan. In fairness, the costs are astronomical especially if you had to borrow for college previously
Not only are there blackhalls fee's but the cost of living in Dublin...
And the chance of being let go after your training contract...

legal eagle 1

njals_saga wrote: »

I passed the last of my FE1's in the autumn of 2007. This means that I must start my training contract prior to the end of 2012, or else my passed exams will be extinguished.
Does anyone know if there are any plans by the Law society to extend this 5 year limit in light of the economic situation.
Thanks.

Personally, I think its highly unlikely that the Law Society in this country will come to our aid. I think there are more pressing matters within the Legal Profession at present, that they are failing to deal with so it is highly unlikely they'll pay any attention to us people on the ticking 5yr time bomb, so to speak :mad:

njals_saga

I'm not too worried about it for myself as I have a little more than 3 years left, and have not even applied for any yet. I have been living abroad for the past 2 years getting some good, pertinent work experience, and would be reasonably confident of getting one when I return to Ireland.
I would hate to be in the situation of having to find something in the next 12 months though.

dats_right

Blair Bitter Kiwi wrote: »

And the chance of being let go after your training contract...

Insert "virtual certainty" in place of "chance" is far more accurate at the moment.

Obviously some of you guys are quite desperate to break into the profession and are willing to wait exraordinary lengths of time in the hope rather than expectation of securing a traineeship. I suppose in some ways that shows patience and commitment, on the other hand though, you should ask yourself is the career really worth all those sacrifices. In my opinion, as a recent trainee I would have to say not. I think it would be utter and total madness to put your career on hold for five years hoping to get a traineeship which lasts at least another 2.5 years training on top of that, especially when in that time one could have retrained or started a different and probably more financially rewarding career. I suppose when I was starting out I also naively thought that getting an apprenticeship and qualifying was the sacred cow, now however I realise just how mad that notion was.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

I have no doubt your absolutely ridht Dats_Right and there's a very good chance I'm wasting my time in what can arguably be called a dying profession
And maybe its because of the years that I've put in already or maybe its because of this preconception of what the career might actully be like, but damn it I can't think of anything else I would really like to do.
I think I'd feel worse if I abandoned it and always wondered what if