TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

[chlawstudent]

This KN wait is so brutal, getting more and more tense as the minutes go by 😭

 

[User5678]

It’s now Monday and I’ve still not heard anything

@3000to1shoteverytime @Miss Chocolate

shoosmiths sent out an email saying they won’t get back to us on 9th but on the 19th. They sent this email around end April - start march. You might have not received that email due to a glitch

 

[User5678]

This KN wait is so brutal, getting more and more tense as the minutes go by 😭

Same I am continuously just refreshing my emails😭😭

How was ur presentation?

 

[chlawstudent]

Same I am continuously just refreshing my emails😭😭

How was ur presentation?

Glad it's not just me haha

I think it went okay but it's so hard to tell! What about yours?

 

[User5678]

Glad it's not just me haha

I think it went okay but it's so hard to tell! What about yours?

Yes same, think it went okay but you never know what the firm expects!

 

[amb303]

Yes same, think it went okay but you never know what the firm expects!

Did everyone else get an unfortunately we will update you tomorrow email?

 

[InterestInPublicLaw]

My heart sank when I read "Unfortunately" in KN's email but turns out we still have hope!

 

[chlawstudent]

My heart sank when I read "Unfortunately" in KN's email but turns out we still have hope!

I went through the exact same until I read it properly!

 

[User5678]

My heart sank when I read "Unfortunately" in KN's email but turns out we still have hope!

Same😭😭😭😭

They’re really nice tho - always make an effort to update and usually follow their timelines

 

[Tintin06]

Jheeze you sent off the SH DTC application that fast? Genuine question, how are you able to write applications so quickly? It took me so long for each one. I rate your graft honestly. 🥲🐐​

I’m self employed so pretty flexible.

This one took me two days.

I think it’s a numbers game.

Others will probably have different views.

 

[SarahO]

Holding myself accountable (Stephenson Harwood application)

CC* ✅📝❌
HSF ✅📝❌
NRF ✅📝❌
Weil ✅❌
Akin ✅❌
Sidley ✅❌
Orrick ✅❌
Willkie ✅🎥❌
Cooley ✅❌
Latham ✅❌
Milbank ✅❌
Kirkland ✅❌
Dechert ✅❌
Ashurst* ✅📝
Skadden ✅❌
Goodwin ✅❌
Covington ✅❌
Linklaters* ✅📝❌
Paul, Weiss ✅❌
Slaughters* ✅❌
Freshfields* ✅📝❌
Fried Frank* ✅
Gibson Dunn ✅❌
Macfarlanes* ✅📝
White & Case ✅❌
Morgan Lewis ✅📞❌
Paul Hastings* ✅
White & Case* ✅
Morgan Lewis* ✅
Hogan Lovells* ✅📝❌
Cleary Gottlieb ✅❌
A&O Shearman ✅📝❌
Vinson & Elkins ✅❌
Arnold & Porter ✅❌
Baker McKenzie ✅📝❌
King & Spalding* ✅❌
Winston & Strawn ✅❌
Morrison Foerster ✅❌
Sullivan & Cromwell ✅❌
Sullivan & Cromwell* ✅
Stephenson Harwood* ✅

Key: ✅ = application submitted; 📝 = test received; 📞 = TI; 🎥 = VI; ❌ = rejection.

*Training Contract applications.

Hi Tintin, I hope are you are well. Have you considered VedderPrice https://www.vedderprice.com/careers...ee-solicitors/trainee-solicitor-opportunities, Dorsey https://www.dorsey.com/careers/trainees, HFW https://www.hfw.com/careers/early-careers/early-careers-london/, WFW https://earlycareers.wfw.com/ and K&L Gates https://www.klgates.com/uk-trainee-solicitor ? Overall good luck, I really wish you the best.

 

[Jessica Booker]

Anyone here know why I can't even get a high street legal secretary job?

Shouldn't that be the most entry level role of them all?

Sometimes for these roles they are looking for people who will be secretaries for the long term and they will see people who are obviously people just looking for a legal role before progressing to become a trainee as not the right fit for what they need.

Most secretaries do not become lawyers.

 

[Jessica Booker]

Very true but what role am I meant to start at then is what I am wondering.

Paralegal jobs tend to ask for 2yrs + where I am and while TCs were the logical answer, many many others have the same idea.

There will be paralegal roles that do not require 2 years experience. Try temp or fixed term contract roles rather than permanent roles too.

Also try legal assistant roles.

 

[Tintin06]

Hi Tintin, I hope are you are well. Have you considered VedderPrice https://www.vedderprice.com/careers...ee-solicitors/trainee-solicitor-opportunities, Dorsey https://www.dorsey.com/careers/trainees, HFW https://www.hfw.com/careers/early-careers/early-careers-london/, WFW https://earlycareers.wfw.com/ and K&L Gates https://www.klgates.com/uk-trainee-solicitor ? Overall good luck, I really wish you the best.

Thanks - good luck to you too.

 

[wannabe_solicitor]

Anyone have any advice on when to submit a rolling application, other than as early as possible? 😂 is a week/ a few days before the deadline too late?

 

[andrecsaa]

Mayer Brown pfo

Probably Ashurst pfo too as I haven't received the post-app written assessment yet. I will try my last shots with W&C and Fried Frank. Hope to overcome the “overqualified for an entry levle role” vs “underexperienced in UK law” dilemma

 

[Jessica Booker]

Anyone have any advice on when to submit a rolling application, other than as early as possible? 😂 is a week/ a few days before the deadline too late?

It’s ultimately never too late if the application is still open.

I would just avoid the last 24 hours as the recruitment systems are notorious for crashing on deadline day due to the volume of people using the system. If you have any other technical issues, you haven’t got the time to resolve them either. Trying to get the application submitted on a working day before the deadline is good too just in case you need to speak with the recruitment team.

 

[wz_13]

If anyone has applied to the samsung paralegal job, have you managed to hear anything back yet?

 

[lou1707]

hey guys and @Jessica Booker , I'm completing an application and they're asking for a referee.
Is it better to put down
1- one undergraduate law professor
2- a partner from a french firm I internshipped in last summer
3- my current manager BUT from my hospitality work

I'm aware options 1 & 2 look more prestigious but they're more removed in time and I haven't spoken to them in a year
thank you!

 

[Raspberry44]

Ashurst Interview Invite!