“I am a mid-life career changer contemplating a switch to law after a career as a copywriter in marketing and advertising, but I have reservations about going down the GDL/LPC route for a number of reasons.

“The first is cost and the second is time, which, at my stage in life, I don’t have. The third is the fierce competition – I am concerned that getting a TC will be unlikely, especially in the current climate.