yes, but you are a full time paid employee throughout the traineeship, so it's not really comparable to the years spent studying for a jd. i don't think there i

yes, but you are a full time paid employee throughout the traineeship, so it's not really comparable to the years spent studying for a jd. i don't think there is any qualitative difference in the work a trainee solicitor does vs. a newly minted jd in the US. qualifying as a barrister is a tortuous and, to an outsider, bizarre process, but they are definitely a minority of the legal workforce.