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  1. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    I’d try to use over a minute if you can. It’s not to say a shorter answer won’t be sufficient - in many cases it could be. However, for some types of questions, particularly motivational or competency based, I would recommend using t least 80% of the time if you can.
  2. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    In most instances, no it won’t. Firstly, most people do it close to the deadline, but if we are talking about the difference of a week, it could easily be the case that firms won’t even reviewed any video interviews in that period. It might be different if it was 3-4 weeks but I cannot see this...
  3. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    If it says it is untimed, then no aspect of how long you take to complete it should be considered. If it said unlimited time, then the time taken to complete could be considered.
  4. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    If you have mitigating circumstances specifically related to those modules, then it will most likely not be an issue. If you only have your first year results, you may find you have more success once you have your second year results to show the majority of your grades are 2.1s or above, and...
  5. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    Yes, this is most likely the case. It will also be where some “conversion” courses are not labelled as the GDL. For instance, you could now do an LLM which effectively covers the GDL but does not need to be restricted to the GDL’s curriculum.
  6. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    If you haven’t heard by Wednesday afternoon, I would send them an email asking when you may hear back - this wi be nearly a week from their original deadline but give them some additional time to respond on Tuesday/Wednesday morning.
  7. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    Yes - I would say so, especially for the summer deadlines as most people are not applying at this time of year due to exams.
  8. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    Highly unlikely. GDL courses are regularly unfilled by quite a substantial amount: Nothing much will have changed about this in the last 3 years.
  9. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Unfortunately It isn't always straight forward. However, some paralegals manage to still do vacation schemes. Generally, most employment contracts will have a term that will say you cannot work for another organisation without approval from the firm. For law firms, this may also specifically...
  10. TCLA Community Assistant

    non-law applications timeline

    1) There will be winter, spring and summer vacation schemes you can apply to. Winter schemes may open as early as August with application deadlines through to early November. Spring and summer schemes tend to open slightly later in late September/early October and run through to early February...
  11. TCLA Community Assistant

    Travers Smith Or CMS

    If an international secondment is a priority, then CMS only send 5% of their trainees on secondment while Travers Smith seems to be 0% - based on what Legal Cheek mention anyway: https://www.legalcheek.com/the-firms-most-list/?metakey=_cmb_chances_of_secondment_abroad However, Chambers Student...
  12. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    No need to turn up business smart - smart casual will be fine. Maybe just avoid jeans/trainers - but I suspect that with the weather like it is, people in the office (assuming they are not all WFH due to the bank holiday) might even be in dress down today.
  13. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Highly unlikely to be Sunday unless its an international team who are partly/all based in a country like Dubai that works on Sundays.
  14. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    It’s not to say it couldn’t be picked up - it could. It’s why lying about things like your employment in terms of when or how long you did it is something to definitely avoid. It may not be picked up though given the limited time period and the fact it was referenced in an interview. But...
  15. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Non legal work experience is rarely going to count against you. For the vacation scheme, I understand the firm relies quite heavily on the online testing they have in place.
  16. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    It hasn't for the last two cycles - not sure whether it will or not next cycle though.
  17. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    What kind of time period are we talking about between the application being submitted and the interview taking place?
  18. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Yes - it would make sense to see if the firm’s recruitment team can provide you with any more details of what to expect.
  19. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    What kind of role is this for?
  20. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    You can accept but keep looking and applying for other roles. If you then secure something more commercially focused, you can decide whether it is better to move. There are going to be a lot of positives of accepting this role, including gaining a lot of transferable skills and by the sounds of...

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