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Hi everyone,

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in this video we'll help you understand the current routes into practice.

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And so there will be two options until 2021 and

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then on the other slides I will go through what will happen after that.

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So your two main options as you can see up on this slide are the Non-Law route and

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the Law route.

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So if you are planning on studying an undergraduate

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degree that isn't a qualifying law degree, you will follow the Non-Law route and

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if you are doing a law degree then you will follow the Law route.

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So if you do a Non-Law route, that's absolutely fine.

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There is just one more stage for you than if you're doing the law route.

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So you would use something known as, and hopefully you can see it as the pink

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diamond on the screen, a GDL, which is a Graduate Diploma in Law, or

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an MA in law, which is essentially a conversion course.

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So what it does is it takes some of those core modules that law students would

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have studied on the law degree, condenses them down and teaches them in for the GDL.

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It's a one year course and an MA in law it's a two year course and

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we offer both of these courses.

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If you've done a law degree then you don't have to worry about doing the GDL or

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the MA in law, you start at that point.

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And then hopefully you can see my arrow.

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So at this point, so phenomenal students when they finish the GDL and for

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law students when they've finished their law degree,

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you decide which route you want to go down.

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If you want to be a solicitor you'll follow the blue and

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if you want to be a barrister, you will follow the purple.

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So if you want to be a solicitor you will do something called an LPC,

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a Legal Practice Course, which is, as the name suggests, it's a very practical

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course that gives you the tools that you will need to be a successful lawyer.

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And that one if you do it full time is one year long.

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You then do something called a Training Contract,

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which is typically two years long and normally involves four different rotations

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with a law firm in four different areas of that business.

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There are different variations of training contracts and

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a law firm will be the best place to know exactly what is that they offer but

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that is what typical Training Contract looks like.

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And then at this point, you are admitted as a solicitor and your email sign

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off will say you're a solicitor and you'll be recognized as a solicitor.

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So, cuz this is what we normally get asked,

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is it at this point that you will start getting paid?

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So it is after you turn your LPC, unless you are working part time alongside it,

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when you do your Training Contract you are paid for that.

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If on the other hand you would prefer to be in court,

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then you will go down the barrister route.

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And for that you will do something called the Bar Practice Course.

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And as you probably guessed that is the same as

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the Legal Practice Course in some sense other than that it will

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prepare you to be a barrister as opposed to a solicitor.

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So some of the models are more around efficacy and

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how to make really persuasive arguments.

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Then after this you get called to the bar, and

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you either do a one year pupilage or you do two six months mini-pupilages.

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And then at that point you become a barrister.

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So, SQE is a new route that is coming in from September 2021.

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And this slide just shows who it will affect because it will depend what part of

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the process you're already in whether this will affect you or not.

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So, it will come in in September 2021.

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So anyone that is doing a of course before that you will follow the GDL route,

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the MA law rule as a Non-Law student and will do the LPC.

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From September 2021, in some circumstances,

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you can continue on the existing route.

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So if you've already started your course, for example, if you've already started

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your GDL you will be able to continue with the LPC after.

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But if you were doing a Non-Law degree in your second year of history,

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as an example, you won't.

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By the time you read it, it will be asking you what you will be doing?

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But as you can see there's quite a lot of overlap and

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the two will run alongside each other for

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a while just to ensure that there is an accessible option for everyone.

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And then in 2032 and that is when the LPC will be completely removed and

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it will just be the SQE route that you're able to go down.

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So in terms of what it would look like, then SQE will tend to look like this.

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And the reason tend to is because as you can see there is something that references

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qualified work experience here.

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Typically, and what law firms have suggested is that this will come along.

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And after you've done SQE 2, but it is possible to gain some

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qualifying work experience alongside or before, depending on your individual say.

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So with who is SQE 4?

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It will be for anybody that wants to qualify as a solicitor, and

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you'll note that I'm saying solicitor rather than barrister.

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So it's for graduate solicitors apprentice and foreign qualified lawyers.

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It won't matter for SQE whether you've done a law degree or a non-law degree.

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You will then enter in SQE part 1,

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which contains some elements of what a typical law degree would contain

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along with some other modules that will help you for your future career.

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And then SQE part 2 will also have some more practical

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elements to it similar to an LPC, but there are some differences.