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📅 Vacation Scheme Applications 2025–26
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2025–26 Vacation Scheme Deadlines
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread
Ask questions, share tips, and support each other through the application cycle.
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2025–26 Vacation Scheme Deadlines
Recent content by AzanAshai
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Toronto-based CLA Members?
@Salma Thanks for the tag. Sorry for the late reply, I've been slammed with final year deadlines. @GalaPP Hello! I am from the GTA (Oakville) originally. I am currently in my final year so I am still in the UK but I can completely relate to feeling isolated from the process (a lot of my VS/TC...- AzanAshai
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Summer Training Contract Deadlines
@Salma thanks so much for putting this up! Just to clarify, Fried Frank and Paul Hastings do not host vacation schemes and therefore recruit primarily directly through TC applications.- AzanAshai
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- Forum: Vacation Schemes Discussion
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International Qualifications/Grades
How do you guys add your A-level and GCSE equivalents? I did an OSSD (Ontario's high school qualification) and was wondering how you split the grades up under those two pages.- AzanAshai
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Sector Foucs ? or Market leading capability?
Well, I am only able to offer my two cents on this question, though I am by no means an expert. As I understand it, both definitions have tremendous overlap and it is more important as to how the phrase is being used. But for the sake of writing an application or understanding a law firm's...- AzanAshai
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Law Firms' Mergers
Yeah, that entire presentation was super helpful! Thanks for attaching.- AzanAshai
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Law Firms' Mergers
A quick overview as I understand it: 1. Best Friend's Group This is used most notably by Slaughter and May. The firm maintains strategic connections with firms like BonelliErede (Italy), Bredin Prat (France) and others to refer work to on applicable jurisdictional matters. It's an advantage in...- AzanAshai
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Law Firms' Mergers
Funnily enough, @Jaysen delivered a great lecture on this at Norton Rose's London office for an SEO Training Day in June, he may have the slides for this from his presentation?- AzanAshai
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Grades
@AJ Depends on the firm. From a management point of view, minimum academic entry requirements are an effective way for graduate recruitment teams to filter out some of the thousands of applications they receive. Despite this, there are firms like HSF, Linklaters, JD and many others that utilise...- AzanAshai
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- Forum: Vacation Schemes Discussion
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US law firm managing partner: suggestions wanted
Hi @Jaysen This sounds like a fantastic idea! With the growing use of technology and alternative business structures in the legal sector, the industry is transforming to better assist clients and law firms are changing in response. How do law firms decide what changes are worth implementing...- AzanAshai
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What you should be doing now
Hi @Lawgirlxo I recommend setting up google alerts for firms that you are applying to (I don't know if this has been mentioned already). It's a great SEO-based shortcut to keep you up to date on what's going on with law firms without having to comb through the internet for updates (I know that...- AzanAshai
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- Forum: General Discussion
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UK vs US - The fundamental differences in firms
Hi D! This is a question I have researched a fair few times. Like Jaysen mentioned above, I recommend checking out the referenced thread and please feel free to shoot me some questions if there is anything in particular you were wondering about. I am by no means an expert on the topic and...- AzanAshai
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US vs UK Legal Market
Super interesting question that I have tried to investigate myself on several occasions. I found an amazing article released on LegalBusiness which discussed this (https://www.legalbusiness.co.uk/blogs/guest-post-the-magic-circle-is-doomed-heres-why/). Taking a look at all the MCs except for...- AzanAshai
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- Forum: General Discussion