Most training contracts are awarded at the start of your last year of undergraduate study (with the final date for applications being some time before that) . The underlying reason is the Voluntary Code of Good Practice in the Recruitment of Trainee Solicitors. See point 2 under "Employers" here:
http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/documents/downloads/becomingtrainingvoluntarycodev12004.pdf
Having said that, you need to check with each individual law firm what its recruitment policies and deadlines are. Most law firms will have these posted on their website.
Of course, some training contracts will be awarded on shorter notice. This is less likely to happen at the bigger City law firms which have fairly rigid application procedures, but it is true of some smaller firms, and on an ad hoc basis, e.g. where someone with a training contract chooses not to take it up for some reason.
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I sure wish I had landed a legal training contract on a shorter wait period, as the sheer wait is driving me up the wall.
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