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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Has anyone who has passed the TI stage for DLA heard about ACs?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    31st of October!
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    WFW VI invite 👍
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    the grad rec said December but i have not heard anything since I got the ''you passed the benchmark'' email after the TI
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    is it worth applying to W&C now considering its rolling and they close in mid-jan?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    @Andrei Radu @Abbie Whitlock for the Goodwin application question: ''Discuss a commercial issue that has particularly interested you. Why did it capture your attention, and what impact could it have on the legal sector?'' Should we talk about a commercial issue that will have an impact on...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Has anyone done a DLA telephone interview?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Same, very confused! I have emailed Grad Rec to get some clarity on this
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Can graduates apply to Fieldfisher's Pathways to Practise Insight Scheme or only students? Its not specified in the website
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Any tips on how to approach a cover letter for Accutrainee? A bit stuck as it is very different from a traditional law firm
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    Kennedy's TC/ SQE programme 2025

    Anyone heard back for the SQE London programmes?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Don't know how easy it is to find an answer to my question, but here it goes - are there any firms that often give their paralegals opportunities to convert to TC/recruit their trainees from mostly/some of their paralegal cohort? @Jessica Booker @Ram Sabaratnam @Andrei Radu
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    Kennedy's TC/ SQE programme 2025

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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    PFO post-interview from one of my top firms...Feeling defeated, especially because they said I was very close to making it :(
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Anyone hear from Taylor Wessing?
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