• Get Everything You Need to Secure a Training Contract
    Now half the price. Join TCLA Premium for £30/month and get step-by-step application support, daily commercial awareness practice, and 700+ successful examples of past applications and interview experiences. Plus so much more.
    Join Premium →
  • Office Hours with BCLP (Live Q&A)
    17 December 2025 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm (UK) Hosted on TCLA TV
    Join Isabel Elsey, Legal Recruitment Manager at BCLP, for a live Q&A session. Get details on secondments, innovation, growth areas, and everything else you’ve wanted to ask about life at BCLP!

    📺 View Event →

Recent content by JackPorter76

  1. J

    Jack's Training Contract Journey

    Update time... I have officially passed my first exam of my LPC course - woohoo! I have also submitted a different coursework yesterday. And yet, I have more coursework that releases this week unfortunately, no rest for the wicked :( In other news, I managed to attend my first event for a...
  2. J

    Jack's Training Contract Journey

    Evening all... Thought I would have more exciting plans on a Saturday night... I have just gone through the majority of the "Write law firm applications that lead to interviews". It gave me some very useful pointers to allow me to research purposefully (with a view of the potential questions...
  3. J

    Jack's Training Contract Journey

    I am feeling much better now... So I am hitting the ground running. The LPC is certainly getting busier, I have 3 courseworks due in and around Christmas, with 3 more exams in January; no rest for the wicked :) I am trying to dedicate an hour a day to research / applications / commercial...
  4. J

    Jack's Training Contract Journey

    Here again... Slightly later than anticipated (LPC is ramping up a gear and illness) :( I finally got round to reading the TLCA Gold Commercial Booklet, fantastic by the way, it gives a general overview to all key commercial concepts. I also stumbled across some of Jacob's commercial insights...
  5. J

    Jack's Training Contract Journey

    7/11/2022 - Update The first update of many I envisage... This update will consist of some targets I will set myself for the forthcoming weeks, where I hope to check in regularly to see how I progressing. For this week and next I plan to: - Read the TLCA Gold Commercial Booklet; - Complete...
  6. J

    Jack's Training Contract Journey

    Hi All! Unfortunately I am a bit late to the party setting up a "journey to a training contract" thread. First and foremost, thanks to the TCLA team for awarding me a scholarship - I will be taking full advantage of the services offered! By way of background, I am currently a student studying...

About Us

The Corporate Law Academy (TCLA) was founded in 2018 because we wanted to improve the legal journey. We wanted more transparency and better training. We wanted to form a community of aspiring lawyers who care about becoming the best version of themselves.

Get Our 2026 Vacation Scheme Guide

Nail your vacation scheme applications this year with our latest guide, with sample answers to law firm questions.