TCLA Premium Announcements

[Jaysen]

This thread will be used to announce updates to TCLA Premium. Premium members have access to all of the below as part of their subscription.

Our recent updates include:

New law firm insights

Our new insights cover BCLP, Macfarlanes and Vinson & Elkins.

The full list is now as follows:

• Ashurst
• Baker McKenzie
• BCLP
• Dechert
• Hogan Lovells
• Kirkland & Ellis
• Latham & Watkins
• Macfarlanes
• Mayer Brown
• Norton Rose Fulbright
• Reed Smith
• Ropes & Gray
• Shearman & Sterling
• Simmons & Simmons
• Travers Smith
• Vinson & Elkins
• Weil Gotshal & Manges
• White & Case
• Vinson & Elkins

I've made free previews available for Dechert and Vinson & Elkins on the Law Firm Insights page.

Monthly commercial courses

Commercial Course 1: Private Equity: This course was released in March 2019. It is for those applying to firms like Weil, Kirkland, Ropes & Gray, Latham & Watkins -- firms with a strong private equity practice; it's also suitable for those looking to develop their understanding of what private equity firms do.

Commercial Course 2: The Interviewees' guide to Mergers and Acquisitions: This course was released in April 2019. It is a much bigger course designed to break down everything you need to know about mergers and acquisitions for your interviews. In addition to the video lectures and quizzes, the course includes:

• Points to note/guidance for how to write a good answer to our second TCLA mock case study.
• Our new M&A case study with points to note.
• A new, more interview-focused case study on the Sainsbury's-Asda merger with points to note.
• A full list of potential M&A interview questions with sample interview answers for each.

Here's our little promo for this course:

Coming soon

Commercial Course 3: How to discuss Brexit in a law firm interview

I've kept this under wraps for now, but more details will be revealed soon. For this course, I've partnered with a former recruiter and stockbroker to break down the impact of Brexit on businesses and law firms. The target release is early June 2019.

Application reviews

Members of TCLA Premium are entitled to 1 application review a month. Members will now also receive 25% off any future application reviews using the code "PREMIUM123":

Past applications and cover letters

More fantastic candidates have kindly shared their past applications and cover letters in the premium forum, both the successful and unsuccessful. We now have almost 30 sample answers.

 

[Jaysen]

Hi All,

The tentative release date for our next commercial course on Brexit is w/c 17 June 2019.

More details about the course content will follow soon.

 

[Jaysen]

The recording is completed and we now have a fixed date for release of our Brexit course. It will be released this Sunday, 5 July 2019.

(Apologies for the slight lag there, we were initially hoping to release it today.)

 

[Jaysen]

I've been a little slow to update this thread but we're primarily working on two things at the moment:

• A group of future trainees to film an applications and interview course (the applications course will be free for everyone while the interview course will be for premium subscribers).

• Working with a former investment banker to update our 'Introduction to the City' course. This course will be far more comprehensive than it is already and more similar in aspiration to Christopher Stoakes' excellent book. Its aim is to improve your understanding of the financial markets, not just for interviews, but in preparation for your legal careers.

Since I last updated this page, we've completed the following:

• Released our Brexit Course
• Released our Video Interview Simulator
• Introduced our Weekly News page
• Updated our Mergers and Acquisitions Guide.