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Prashant Bezboruah
May 10 2008, 08:06 AMHi Liza
Thanks for reading the blog.
What subjects are you opting for? I'll be able to give you better suggestions if I had a copy of your CV and your interest areas in law. You can email me at [email protected]
Your career choice and options would depend a lot on what you study in your LLM. I'm giving a link below, which has been taken from the KCL website and gives details of the kind of organizations that recruit from KCL. I had only contacted law firms and recruitment agencies dealing with law firms to get an idea of the job prospects after the LLM and had put that info in my blog.
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/kis/college/careers/empsect.html
These recruiters would probably be recruiting LLB students and other non law KCL students, so you can't be sure how many of them will actually recruit LLM students but it will give you some ideas.
Prashant
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Bhargav Hasurkar
May 12 2008, 04:26 PMhey,
How many of you have actually accepted the unconditional offer. How much time does it take to be offered a unconditional offer after u convey ur ielts score sheet.
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May 12 2008, 04:28 PMHey prashant
Do let me know about the accomodation that you are planning to go for.
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May 12 2008, 05:26 PMHi Bhargav
I've accepted the unconditional offer. Sent my signed acceptance a few days ago by courier. Bhargav if you did your LLB from India and were taught in English, you don't even need to send them your IELTS/ TOEFL score. Just send them a Certificate from your University certifying that you were a student there and that your LLB was studied in English.
I got an exemption from KCL and didn't have to take the TOEFL/ IELTS. Talk to the LLM admission office and explain things to them. Save some money. :)))
I still haven't decided exactly which accommodation I'll opt for but I've shortlisted Stamford Street, Great Dover Street and Wolfson House as my first 3 preferences and will choose one of those as my first preference.
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May 12 2008, 07:07 PMHi Prashant
I have already taken my ielts. scored 7.5 so that is not a concern. I have already mailed them my scroresheet. Havent heard from them since then. so was a bit anxious. anyways even i like stamford street and great dover appts. Will have to fast now as the spaces fill up quite fast.
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May 12 2008, 09:43 PMHi Bhargav
Great. I didn't want to waste my time and money taking the English tests, especially since I didn't really need to. :)
I'm also waiting for their hard copy unconditional offer, though they've sent me the email unconditional offer a few days back. I think I'll be able to apply online for housing next week sometime since my written acceptance will reach KCL only by Friday. As Liza said above until they receive the hard copy acceptance, they won't give access to the online accommodation.
I think Stamford Street is the closest to the campus but I've heard the room size is really small. The Great Dover Street Apartments are about a 15-20 minute bus ride away from the main campus according to a friend of mine who is in London.
[Edited May 12 2008]
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May 13 2008, 07:15 PMHi Bhargav and Liza
Just wanted to let you know that the status in the application tracker has changed to Stage 5 for me. KCL received my hard copy acceptance today. As far as I know, it takes about 72 hours for the system to be updated so that I can log in for the online accommodation. Will wait and see.
For those of you who want some feedback on KCL including accommodation, you can check out student reviews about KCL on this website:
http://www.whatuni.com/degrees/searchReview.html?x=16180339&...
Cheers
Prashant
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Liza Mary Stebin
May 14 2008, 02:16 PMHi Prashant
I have about 2 years of work-experience, one with a trial lawyer in India and then with a real-estate focused law firm in Dubai. After LLM, I want to transition into a corporate lawyer, preferably within the legal department of a financial services firm (insurance/bank/asset manager) and then grow from there. One of the key reasons for not joining a law-firm is the desire to strike a work-life balance in the long-term.
Since I dont have directly relevant experience, I dont even mind starting off as a trainee within a large firm. I will be more interested in the brand name of the organization. So I will be looking at specializing in Commercial and Financial Law, taking subjects like Commercial Banking Law, Financial Services and Pinciples of Financial Regulations, Legal Issues in Corporate Finance, Law of International Finance etc
Having said all this, what I dont know is how to go about achieving this dream. That is where I want some advice.
Cheers
Liza
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May 14 2008, 09:01 PMHi Liza
I can only advise you based on my Indian experience. I'm not qualified to give you advice about law firms and jobs with companies in the UK as I haven't really worked there. You can try and speak to some of the recruitment consultants in UK for a UK perspective.
My advice to you based on my Indian experience is as follows:
1. Work for a law firm for the first 2-4 years after the LLM. There definitely is no work life balance especially in the Indian law firms, but it's worth it in the long run. Yes, branding does matter, but sometimes you get much better experience working for a smaller law firm than with a big law firm, so think about that too. Try and get a training contract if you can. It's very tough especially if you haven't done your LLB from UK/ US. Most training contracts would probably start in 2010 or 2011 for the 2008-2009 LLM batch.
2. If you straight away join a MNC in their in house legal department, then you won't get the variety of experience, which you would get in a law firm. Sometimes it becomes very boring in an MNC. I got very bored in the last MNC I worked in though the earlier MNC I worked in was very interesting because I was the only legal person in the company and was handling the entire legal work of the company. Besides MNC's prefer people who have obtained experience in law firms. In India the MNC's also pay much better than the law firms do. Although I've heard that the reverse is true outside India.
3. A work life balance in the long term is fine, but you really need to go through the grind for the initial 2-4 years of your career. You learn a lot and also deal with a variety of work and clients', which you may not get to do in a company. You can also read this post on LLM-Guide:
http://www.llm-guide.com/board/38357
4. In India, the bigger brands would only be interested in you, if you have 2 or more years of work experience in a good law firm. This has been proven right for me in India as after my stint with one of the largest and oldest law firms in India, I started getting many more offers from MNC's than I used to get before that.
5. My advice is work for the law firms for the initial 2-4 years and then shift to a corporate house. However if you are hell bent on not working for a law firm, then you should apply to the Investment Banks, Private equity firms, financial services firms and MNC's for your areas of interest. In any case apply everywhere and then take a call. :)
Hope that helps. Let me know if you need any more info.
Cheers
Prashant[Edited May 14 2008]
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May 14 2008, 09:10 PMHi Bhargav
I finally managed to access the online accommodation system today and submitted my application for accommodation. See you at KCL. :)
Cheers
Prashant
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