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Training contract deferrals force Generation Y to learn patience

I agree with the anonymous poster at 1:58pm. As the first lawyer in my family and someone who comes from a disabled single parent family background I have found the current situation with regards training contracts extremely difficult. After leaving Cambridge with a 2:i in a non law subject I decided to take out a professional studies loan to finance my GDL in the hope that I would be able to recoup my outlay when I landed a training contract. I now face an uncertain future as recruitment levels are slashed to accomodate deferred September 2010 trainees. I have already had to turn down my LPC place for this September due to lack of funds. I am hoping to be able to paralegal for a year before recommencing my studies but that market is also suffering so I may struggle to find a job. Frankly I find this talk of being an impatient generation Y deeply insulting. I have worked extremely hard to get where I am only to be left high and dry by a financial crisis that was not of my generation's making. For all the talk the profession makes about diversity it is the well off and well connected who will be best placed to ride out this period. Nepotism has always been a factor in this industry, I am under no illusions regarding that, but as the market has contracted it has become more of a factor. My resolve to become a solicitor has not weakened and I will continue to fight tooth and nail to get a training contract - whether that be this year or next.

8-Apr-2009

3:30 pm