I decided to embark on becoming a solicitor in England & Wales because in 2018 I was heading the legal department for the U.S. and United Kingdom for a start-up. When I started at that company I did not know until day two of my employment that my duties would include a region I had […]
Category: Exam experiences
Qualifying in England & Wales as a lawyer qualified somewhere else
I remember sitting my bar exams and thinking “these are the last exams I will ever take.” I couldn’t even concentrate on the exams. I was too focused on the post-exam relief, and the thought of just working, not studying. Cue *life* and I was introduced to the QLTS – the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme. If you […]
Before starting to prepare for the OSCE, I spent a lot of time looking for sources to ‘understand’ it better. However only after starting to study for it and going through OSCEsmart’s sources providing detailed information about each assessment, I started to feel confident. With hindsight, I think the complexity of the OSCE does not […]
May you live in interesting times In 2012 I came to the UK to do the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) and then the Legal Practice Course (LPC). I was practicing international commercial arbitration, mainly under LCIA rules, and came to law school directly from practice. Legal Practice Course I remember one of my first […]
