General Discussion Thread 2020-21

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Hi Jessica, thanks for your reply. Youre absolutely right. Though I do remember being asked to do the math and quote a figure to them and then tell them what was my logic, calculation and how I arrived to the answer.

Then you would have been only able to do that with the information you were presented with. Without knowing what specifically it was it’s impossible to know how the calculation would have been worked out.

I think you are over-thinking this - I don’t think it’s worthwhile holding on to this, especially if the case study was 3 years ago and won’t be used anymore.

 

[Mohammed]

Hi Jessica,

So I made an accidental mistake with one of my module grades on my CV. I inputed 72%, instead of 71% for one of my modules and now have an upcoming AC with the firm. Shall I inform them prior to my AC or let it be, since the percentage point makes no difference to my overall grade for the year or even my whole degree.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Imababysolicitor]

Has anyone heard back from A&O after passing the SJT?

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Hi Jessica,

So I made an accidental mistake with one of my module grades on my CV. I inputed 72%, instead of 71% for one of my modules and now have an upcoming AC with the firm. Shall I inform them prior to my AC or let it be, since the percentage point makes no difference to my overall grade for the year or even my whole degree.

Thanks in advance!

Yes, to be double safe probably best to email them with the correction. I can’t see it impacting your application given the grade.

 

[dosblancos7]

Has anyone heard back from A&O after passing the SJT?

I did mine today, passed it! Haven't heard back yet though ofc, but know of people who have really early(like 5th August and the like) have not heard back. This is for the TC intake.

They are rolling, so we will probably hear back soon within the next 2 weeks I am guessing?

 

[33c]

I did mine today, passed it! Haven't heard back yet though ofc, but know of people who have really early(like 5th August and the like) have not heard back. This is for the TC intake.

They are rolling, so we will probably hear back soon within the next 2 weeks I am guessing?

Is this for the 2022 or 2023 intake?

 

[Nat000]

I did mine today, passed it! Haven't heard back yet though ofc, but know of people who have really early(like 5th August and the like) have not heard back. This is for the TC intake.

They are rolling, so we will probably hear back soon within the next 2 weeks I am guessing?

I passed mine on 7th August (for 2023 TC) and still haven't heard back! Think they'll probably focus right now on the applications for the 2022 intake which suddenly opened up

 

[ibs97]

I passed mine on 7th August (for 2023 TC) and still haven't heard back! Think they'll probably focus right now on the applications for the 2022 intake which suddenly opened up

passed mine on the 14th but they do say they aim to get back to everyone within 21 days when you submit the app so we should hear by the end of the month/beginning of September!

 

[lawlad]

Hi guys hope everyone is well. I think I read this right but just want to confirm; is the Clifford Chance TC and Vacation scheme not open for graduates?

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Hi guys hope everyone is well. I think I read this right but just want to confirm; is the Clifford Chance TC and Vacation scheme not open for graduates?

CC are not running a vacation scheme anymore in a traditional sense. You can sign up to their global virtual scheme though.

Training contracts are still open to graduates, they have just stated that they will prioritise penultimate year applicants.

You might want to read this thread, and in particular watch the video CC produced about it posted here:

CC TC video

 

[LawMadeInOven]

Hello @Jessica Booker Graduate Recruitment, while it is not a question directly related to hearing back from law firms, would like to ask how do law firms view LPC LLM vs LPC MSc+ vs LPC Graduate Diploma in terms of employability? I am still waiting to hear back from 12+ law firms for London direct TC but looking into joining the Sep 2020 LPC cohort. Thank you so much!

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Hello @Jessica Booker Graduate Recruitment, while it is not a question directly related to hearing back from law firms, would like to ask how do law firms view LPC LLM vs LPC MSc+ vs LPC Graduate Diploma in terms of employability? I am still waiting to hear back from 12+ law firms for London direct TC but looking into joining the Sep 2020 LPC cohort. Thank you so much!

no difference whatsoever.

 

[dosblancos7]

Is this for the 2022 or 2023 intake?

2022

passed mine on the 14th but they do say they aim to get back to everyone within 21 days when you submit the app so we should hear by the end of the month/beginning of September!

Ah i forgot about that! Will hear back soon then! thanks for the reminder

 

[M777]

I did mine today, passed it! Haven't heard back yet though ofc, but know of people who have really early(like 5th August and the like) have not heard back. This is for the TC intake.

They are rolling, so we will probably hear back soon within the next 2 weeks I am guessing?

Can confirm I passed the SJT exactly on August 5th and haven't heard back yet, they usually get back in three weeks minimum so people will probably start seeing outcomes within the next two weeks or so. They were the first one to open whereas many aren't opening this year until mid-September to October, so they're probably seeing a lot of applications!

 

[Imababysolicitor]

passed mine on the 14th but they do say they aim to get back to everyone within 21 days when you submit the app so we should hear by the end of the month/beginning of September!

Can I ask where they state we should hear back within 21 days? I don’t remember seeing that anywhere

 

[madge]

Does anyone know if Bristows will be running Vac Schemes still? On CV Mail it’s just the workshops and TC 2023 that are open for applications with deadlines for the workshops in November. Thank you in advance

 

[Lumree]

Does anyone know if Bristows will be running Vac Schemes still? On CV Mail it’s just the workshops and TC 2023 that are open for applications with deadlines for the workshops in November. Thank you in advance

From my understanding, Bristows don’t do Vacation Schemes. They run the workshops in their place.

 

[ibs97]

Can I ask where they state we should hear back within 21 days? I don’t remember seeing that anywhere

i saw it on the confirmation page after submitting my app

 

[Imababysolicitor]

i saw it on the confirmation page after submitting my app

Oh okay! I must of missed that. Thanks for letting me know

 

[Deleted member 5185]

Has anyone heard from Travers Smith yet post TC application ?