Hi All ,

How do I get into big law? Currently studying for SQE exams and hoping to get into big law once I qualify.

Any advice and tips?

Thank you

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This bowl is mostly US lawyers. I suggest emailing big law attorneys in the UK . set up informational interviews. 20ish minutes of low stress chat.

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Thank you so much :)

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As a first year? OCIs… they probably already recruited all of their first years

Thank you for replying :) I'd be qualifying as a lawyer next year once I pass my exams. So I'm trying to see if recruitment into big law as a NQ lawyer is internal or if its external what is the experience like and is it hard to get into

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