Recent content by Jacob Miller
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Thank you to Jacob - TCLA Forum Team
Thanks Jaysen for the very kind words. Wishing everyone the very very best of luck with future applications and cycles, fingers crossed for each and every one of you to get where you want to go.- Jacob Miller
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- Forum: General Discussion
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TCLA General Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
W&I's are the biggest thing here - remember that, if you're suggesting resorting to an APA that could add enormous amounts of cost and hassle to the deal, so be aware of the implications of your suggestions. Try not to overcomplicated these things either, keeping it simple is generally the...- Jacob Miller
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- Forum: General Discussion
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TCLA General Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
If you really have to it's not the end of the world, but try and avoid it unless it is strictly necessary.- Jacob Miller
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- Forum: General Discussion
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TCLA General Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
I paralegal full time currently and will continue to be fulk time while doing a couple of GDL modules (long story...) this year. I'll drop to probably 3 days a week while doing the LPC, which I've been told will be pretty full on, but personally thrive when I'm under a bit more pressure to be...- Jacob Miller
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- Forum: General Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Extremely kind of you to give us such a lovely shout out! Really appreciate your kind words and many, many congratulations!!!- Jacob Miller
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
I've written about this quite extensively in the past - you may want to check out my article on the topic to give you some help in breaking down the right applications for you...- Jacob Miller
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Completely agree here - always recommend drafting in a competent word processor - eg Google Docs, MSWord or Apple Sheets - and then copying and pasting responses over when you're satisfied with them. Using tools like word counters, in-built spelling/ grammar/ syntax checkers, etc make it a lot...- Jacob Miller
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Responses like this should absolutely be written in prose. They are testing your ability to draft in a clear, concise manner by giving you short word counts in responses like this.- Jacob Miller
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion
I think by phone is the best from a politeness perspective (think breaking up by text...), and then theyre likely to ask you to follow up with something in writing thereafter.- Jacob Miller
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Payne Hicks Beach - Assessment
If you're not already familiar with them, I've written fairly extensively about groupwork tasks and AC assessments and interviews before - you can access that article series via the link in my signature below this comment.- Jacob Miller
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- Forum: Interview Experiences 2021 - 2022
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2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion
All these TC offers have made my night!- Jacob Miller
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion
This has definitely been a very very tough cycle for applicants - put it this way, I'm exceptionally relieved I wasn't competing in it this year. I've spoken to a lot of people who have said it's been one of the worst cycles for applicants since the financial crisis.- Jacob Miller
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Taking advantage of work experience section
I agree with @Lumree here - it's really important to frame things in terms of positive impact and provable record. Think of it this way: me saying to you "In this job I was tasked with X, Y and Z" doesn't actually tell you anything valuable, because it doesn't probe that I did those things...- Jacob Miller
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA General Discussion Thread #2 (2021)
You can renege, but you'll almost certainly need to repay any money the firm has spent on eg your GDL etc- Jacob Miller
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA General Discussion Thread #2 (2021)
Talking with some personal experience of the "really ill and shouldn't have gone to interview but did anyway and it all went pear-shaped" situation, I can completely, 100% empathise here. When you're in the midst of a situation like that, decision making and prioritisation become extremely...- Jacob Miller
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- Forum: Applications Discussion