Please read troubled barristers excellent post if you are considering working for LPC in the hope that it will boost your chances of obtaining a pupillage. The post is brutal and honest, forget what LPC told you when they came to see you at university. TB's post is the real deal.
TB touched on the fact the LPC are an employment agency, having used agencies for the past 14 years in my old career and dated somebody who worked for one I can say with some authority the only thing that matters to them is their percentage, this is the difference between what they get from the client and what they pay you, the higher the percentage the better it is for them and the worse it is for you. If you work in IT and are looking for a good agency to find you work I would have no issue recommending Eaglecliff they are a first class operation, timesheet in on a Friday and paid on the following Monday. I should also mention if you piss off your employment agency dont expect any work, the people that work for them change jobs and move to competitors on a regular basis to gain promotion and tend to have a long memory.
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hello - not directly related, but can i suggest a link to my blog - www.legalrecruitment.blogspot.com - I write from a recruitment perspective, but tend to use non-agency speak and avoid waffle.
Jonathan Fagan
Link added can you please receprecate.
Speaking as someone who actually worked for Legal Practice Clerks for the best part of four years, I can state for me, it provided the way back in the legal world for me.
You should run a background check when gaining employment in a law firm and the same way you should investigate when you plan to acquire legal practices for sale. Better to be safe than sorry.
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