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    BPP CAS (Visa) delay - anyone else?

    Hi I am starting my full-time SQE LLM with BPP on 1st September. It's been three weeks since I sent them all my transcripts and other documents, and I was assured that the CAS document (without which one cannot apply for a student visa) would be issued within five days. No one in BPP bothers to...
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    Full time SQE - is there a Christmas break ?

    Thank you @Ram Sabaratnam , would you know if the maintenance allowance paid by the law firm during SQE taxable ?
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    Full time SQE - is there a Christmas break ?

    Thanks a lot Ram. That is so helpful .
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    Full time SQE - is there a Christmas break ?

    Hi Can anyone who has studied SQE full time or knows about it, help out? I am starting my sponsored full time SQE with BPP in September and as an international student, would like to travel to my home country in December to both rejuvenate as well as prepare for SQE1. Is there a formal break...
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    Hello evryone I am a NON NLU student from INDIA in desperate need of mentorship

    Hi Ananya You should find most of the answers in this excellent guide for international students (attached ), produced by TCLA. Good luck!
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    Part-time work allowed during the sponsored LLM SQE?

    Hi @Jessica Booker , @Ram Sabaratnam , @Amma Usman / Others, do law firms that sponsor students for full-time SQE impose any restrictions on part-time work during the LLM SQE ? Thank you.
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    International student - Post TC offer questions

    Hi, I am an international student in the UK on a student visa and following a spring VS, was fortunate to secure a TC with a US firm in my penultimate LLB year (in June 2024). After finishing my final LLB year in June 2025, I start my SQE with BPP in Sept 2025, followed by 2 year TC commencing...
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    Company law statute book - Blackstones vs Butterworths ?

    Hi Which statute book is better for the Company Law module ? I have to choose 1) Blackstones Statutes on company law OR 2) Butterworths company law handbook. If you have used any of these, please comment. Thank you in advance
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    magic circle cases and deals

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    W & Case and Freshfields - After VS, when do they make TC offers ?

    Hi Is anyone aware within how many days/weeks of the VS completion do White & Case and Freshfields give out their TC offers ? Thanks.
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    Converting VS to a TC as a non-law student?

    If you are successful in converting your VS to TC as a non-law in the penultimate year (assuming they let you do the scheme), you are all set 3 years in advance! There is no need to apply for TC in the final year. Your 3 years will be (after the penultimate year) as 1) one final year , 2) one...
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    Skadden cancelling their TC ?

    There is a discussion thread on Legal Cheek about Skadden cancelling their Training Contracts. Has anyone heard anything about this?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Why not ask the first firm if they can extend the offer by a month or so ?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    We will miss you Axel. I used to wake up everyday looking forward to your detailed replies, even to most simplest of questions. As an international student myself, your successful story was one of my inspirations. I always used to imagine how you look , and looking at your humble, friendly and...
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    How can TCLA improve?

    Hi, it can have : 1. Who are the key competitors in main PAs as well as overall market perception perspective , 2. How does this firm compete against the ones mentioned above , 3. London revenues and rev/lawyer of this firm vis a vis similar firms - basically financial competitiveness. I think...
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