Gaffer I hear what youre saying. I want to point out to you and others that you have 5 years to get onto PPC from when you finish the FE1 exam. By finishing the FE1 exam that means sucessfully passing all 8. Youre saying you have 1 left to do next March so I'd say hold off on that because (assuming you pass it) the clock will begin to tick so to speak.
Go off to Oz for a year or two and come back and sit that exam. Bear in mind however that you have 5 years too from passing the first 3 FE1 exams to finishing all 8. I really think the Law Society are wrong to put a time stipulation on finishing the FE1 exam considering the current climate. It's unfair in my opinion and I wonder is there a legal remedy (Judicial Review or something) a person could take against the Law Society if they were adversely affected by the 5 year rule? Is it arbitrary I wonder? On Feb 17, 12:01 pm, the gaffer <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
