Training contract LPC but 3rd class LLB

What type of law do you want to do?

Not a great chance if I’m being honest. Some firms may allow a 2:2 classification (although certainly not the bigger ones) but a 3rd is very low. To put it into context the vast majority of law students/graduates applying for TCs will have a 2:2 or above so you will need to be able to explain why your grades are so low.

The reality is that the legal profession is not easy. Academics are a good indicator that you can cope with the intellectually challenging aspect of it. If you have a good reason why you failed to achieve a higher grade, you might be considered. But (in my own humble and honest opinion) I think you’ve got a few mountains to climb if you want to break into the field.

Thank you very much for the honest opinion, yeah it really would be a quite onerous task breaking into the profession through a TC rn given my classification...I'm strongly considering the route of doing a 6 month attachment here, working as a lawyer for a year and then coming to england after that period to apply for a TC. But that ocmplicates things quite a lot and nobody ive spoken to irl really has much answers in the way that works...

Not a great chance if I’m being honest. Some firms may allow a 2:2 classification (although certainly not the bigger ones) but a 3rd is very low. To put it into context the vast majority of law students/graduates applying for TCs will have a 2:2 or above so you will need to be able to explain why your grades are so low.

The reality is that the legal profession is not easy. Academics are a good indicator that you can cope with the intellectually challenging aspect of it. If you have a good reason why you failed to achieve a higher grade, you might be considered. But (in my own humble and honest opinion) I think you’ve got a few mountains to climb if you want to break into the field.

Opspsopsop - I'd suggest you are a *very* rare exception. It can be tough enough with a 2.1 to get a training contract, even more so with a 2.2 (in absence of well documented mitigating circumstances).

Can you give some more context here and talk us through your path to securing your training contract with a third? Eg: Are you training in PP or inhouse? Are you training at a place you paralegalled, and if so for how long? How many applications did you have to make? What about your application do you think made you stand out about the other candidates, with 2.1s or firsts, who *also* would have had lots of relevant work experience?

EDIT - have just realised you responded to a 2 year old post...