what uni? what class of degree?
sadly the answers to tbiae will massively impact his chances.
Did he do any vacation placements or mini pupillages with law firms/barristers chambers whilst an undergrad? if not why not? (ie lack of awareness, lack of effort, or tried and failed?)
family background? eg first one to go to uni? privileged background or from a sinkhole council estate?
where is he based?
does he really, really, really want to do law? (why?) has he thought about alternative careers? what actually interests him?
I'm assuming he wants to be a paralegal in order to become a solicitor or barrister eventually - as a warning note it can be a dead end though.
I am not one to want to piss on anyone's parade but it is f**king hard now to get a training contract (to be one of my lot) and it has always been hard to get a pupillage (to be one of OG's lot) and my advice is likely to be along the lines of to try something else (law is f**k anyway).
BUT having been in his shoes 14 years ago I will be as helpful as I can...
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Posted By: CWC on June 12th 2017 at 20:46:53
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- PM: Old Git (General Chat) - shortfatb, Jun 12, 19:57:25
- Does he want to work in Londres? (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Jun 12, 22:32:20
- what uni? what class of degree? (General Chat) - CWC, Jun 12, 20:46:53
- You da man x (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jun 12, 21:06:33
- graduated 2003... yikes (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Jun 12, 22:09:20
- He's a damn good egg is CWC (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Jun 12, 21:08:48
- That's kind of you. He's expected to get a First from Nottingham Trent (General Chat) - shortfatb, Jun 12, 21:00:44
- ok - the very best thing you can do then (General Chat) - CWC, Jun 12, 22:18:53
- If he really wants to do it, it's not the impossible dream! (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Jun 12, 21:29:59
- I would try Leathes Prior or Birketts. Good firms in Norwich. (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Jun 12, 21:11:52
- He won't be a pain in the arse. One email will do it I would guess (n/m) (General Chat) - shortfatb, Jun 12, 21:01:26
- sure, just amnke sure he does more than one email as I'll be expecting a reply!! (General Chat) - CWC, Jun 12, 22:11:36
- ✅ (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Jun 12, 20:58:18
- hold your horses (General Chat) - CWC, Jun 12, 22:08:12
- You da man x (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jun 12, 21:06:33
- Could he get some experience helping the Citizens Advice Bureau? (n/m) (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Jun 12, 20:31:10
- There are loads of graduates looking for jobs (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Jun 12, 20:21:10
- ^^^ Graduated from school of hard knocks/university of life ^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Jun 12, 20:58:11
- Fuck knows. I know nothing about the legal world and he's getting limited advice from (General Chat) - shortfatb, Jun 12, 20:26:37
- It's a fair challenge though, isn't it? (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Jun 12, 20:27:48
- play golf and/or wear low cut tops and short skirts (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 12, 20:08:19
- CWC may also be able to help (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jun 12, 20:01:00
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