I hear us! I'm at this since Nov '07. and have one left to do in March.No job or anything since leaving college.You feel like a bit of a failure/waster.Finding it tough to do any work though,coz I knew the stuff backwards in Oct!Thought I handed up gold for my answers in Constitutional but there ya go. Anyway,I applied all around me in '07 and '08.Got a toal of 1 first round interview from '08 applications (with 7 passed) and 5 interviews last yr (with 0 passed)!! So, and this is easy for me (24,no mortgage,kids,living at home etc), I'm off to Oz 4 days after the exam.Really don't think the FE-1s will stand to me as a backpacker who's basically on a J1!!Especially when the employer knows your visa is only valid for a few months.Bar/restaurant work with handy tips or construction with a few beers on the beach in the evenings seems fine in the sunshine to me anyhow!! But obviously 2 yrs ago I'd envisioned myself in a very different place to where I am now (ie heading to bhall in Sept).But hey, if I was then I couldn't go travelling.I just hope that I get an apprenticeship before my fe-1s go stale? (4 yrs from now)
On Feb 17, 11:34 am, YVONNE C <[email protected]> wrote: > I know exactly how you feel we are definitely a forgotten group and > the Law society will continue taking our money for the Fe1 exams and > continue training even though there are no jobs out there for us. Im > sitting my last 3 fe1s in March and to be honest Id love to be in > blackhall by sept but it seems liike an unrealistic goal now unless I > offer to do my apprenticeship at a law firm for free which I am > seriously considering as id have more options if I was qualified. > I will help you to do some research and to lobby the law society once > my exams are over (1st April) we really need to get together and be > seen as a group who the Law Sociey are responsible for there must be > things they can do to help. > > On Feb 16, 9:52 pm, Caribou <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Well, and sorry to bring negativity for those studying, I assume there > > is many in the same boat as myself – have all 8, but job prospects > > look extremely badly. It seems that we are as hard hit as anyone else > > (harder in my opinion) but were a group that are totally forgotten – > > we aren’t in the Law Society yet, so they’ve no real interest in us – > > most of us aren’t brand new graduates – so we fall between all the > > stools with no none to give us a voice. If you are a recently > > qualified at least then you have the OPTION of transferring your > > qualification to another common law jurisdiction (although given the > > global nature of this recession that might not be any great benefit). > > > So would people have any ideas on alternatives for the time being? Or > > plans of action? Maybe we could investigate job prospects and what is > > required in other common law jurisdictions? I’ve done a small bit of > > investigating on New Zealand, so maybe a few of could investigate > > different countries and report back? Also, the Law Society are only > > interested in helping out qualified solicitors and trainees – perhaps > > we need them to make them aware of our situation and what they may do > > to help us? For instance, maybe they could make other Law Societies > > aware of what the FE1s entails and so this might make it easier when > > our foreign legal qualifications are being assessed. For instance, to > > begin the PPC in New Zealand you must have recognised law > > qualification from a recognised university. I have a PG Diploma from > > an unrecognised third level (DIT). That’s where it would be handy if > > my FE1s carried some weight. i.e. I’m wondering is there anything the > > Law Society could do to help us out in that regard. > > > Generally, I’m wondering if we may work on alternatives to the bleak > > Irish situations, just to see what options may be available to us. Or > > possibly even alternative careers to law (although that seems > > unthinkable at the moment given the amount of time and energy I poured > > into the FE1s) > > > Comments appreciated!- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FE-1 Study Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.ie/group/FE-1-Study-Group?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
