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    TCLA General Discussion Thread #2 (2021)

    I am obsessed with shih tzus, I had one for 15 years. This pic has made my day 😭
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I applied on the deadline! Fingers crossed for you 🤞🏽
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Anyone else receive this PFO from Farrer & Co? Want to see if it's automated. "We have received an extremely large number of applications this year and have had the unenviable task of having to disappoint many excellent candidates. We are very sorry not to be able to offer you a place on our...
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Thanks for sharing the link - I've been looking everywhere!
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Hey, similar thing happened to me. I started seeing people in this forum receive feedback reports after 48 hours of completing the test but I never receivied one. After calling grad rec three times about this problem, they ended up extending my deadline & I had to redo the WG part of the test...
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    Does anyone know if Howard Kennedy is going ahead with its Trainee recruitment this year?
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I got my test invite 3 weeks after submitting
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I had the same predicament as you regarding not answering the question directly enough using approach two, but I went for it anyway! I personally think both approaches can work.
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Hey, I applied in August for the LPC @ The University of Law & started one month later!
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Hi @Jessica Booker The application form I am filling out asks the following: "If you are a law undergraduate applying later than your penultimate year of study, or a non-law graduate applying after your final year of study, please give the reason for applying later on. Should this not apply...
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I haven't heard anything since receiving my feedback report on Dec 16th.
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    Gaining corporate/office experience

    Hi Kelly After I graduated, I worked in admin-level roles at two different law firms. Although I was technically overqualified for the jobs, I nevertheless found both experiences invaluable for my skill-set, and being paid on top of that wasn't too bad! After a TC interview I had last year, my...
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    congrats! Do you mind me asking when you submitted your app?
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Does anyone know when Shoosmiths open their VS/TC apps?
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Hey, congrats! I did it last cycle so I'm not sure if they've changed it this year, but it was SHL style not WG :)
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