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  1. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Hi, I think you will find some tips on here about converting VS in general. When I spoke to the firm they cited that their VS students were competing with their paralegals for places, and that while the paralegals are more experienced, they sometimes don't understand the business that well...
  2. trainee4u

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    There's a difference between permanent employment where you might provide an untrue cover story about why you are taking time off but still fulfil your contractual obligations, and being paid £500 for a week's work but only turning up for four days. In the context of a 5-10 day vacation scheme...
  3. trainee4u

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    Here is an example of a trainee who was banned from the profession for lying about her reason for absence. It is dishonest, which is a bar to working in the law: https://www.sra.org.uk/consumers/solicitor-check/7008990/
  4. trainee4u

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    That's fundamentally dishonest, which is a barrier to working in the law. Similar stunts have gotten people banned for life from the profession.
  5. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Apparently this is specifically NOT good enough " Thank you for completing the Amberjack assessment for your Stephenson Harwood application. Unforunately, your overall score has not met our criteria and we are unable to progress you to the next stage of the process on this occasion. You...
  6. trainee4u

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    received simkins PFO today.
  7. trainee4u

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    lol, what was it? information about other candidates? Or something unrelated?
  8. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    It seems rather different in that normally you either sign a direct TC leading to guaranteed qualification as a solicitor, a title you can keep for the rest of your life and be eligible for NQS roles at the end, or you spend a few days on a VS pursuant to the same goal, whereas with this it...
  9. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    you don't have to update linkedin! You could just deactivate it for a while.
  10. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I'm not really sure if it is permanent employment - at least previously the LBA was effectively a fixed-term 12-month paralegal role, but, uniquely, they would offer some candidates a further 12-month 'training contract', to take advantage of the fact that training contracts don't really exist...
  11. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Looks like this is more of an undergraduate-only work experience program than a VS - it doesn't appear to lead to permanent employment, and graduates appear to be excluded.
  12. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I feel the same. My AJ was not bad, and my interview I put quite a bit of effort into except obviously read and still managed to cut off half-way through last sentence, but realistically experience is if anyone else has got an offer etc. it's PFO for sure.
  13. trainee4u

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    Do you mean 40 apps this year? Or 40 apps total since 2017? If it's 40 apps total, it seems you should expand your circle, as it looks like you're applying only to magic circle and US firms, whereas perhaps it would be better to qualify somewhere slightly less prestigious and you can always move...
  14. trainee4u

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    Sorry to hear that - they sent out interview invites on 19 May, and I think the deadline was yesterday to book an interview, so I guess the PFO follows the resolution of that.
  15. trainee4u

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    it's a reading comprehension test. a standard one, think I'd seen the questions before, one of the more vanilla tasks you could hope to find really.
  16. trainee4u

    Withdrawn from the SQE course - is the career in commercial law still possible?

    I don't think that an internal module is likely to ever be disclosable - there isn't really a meaningful 'SQE prep course' qualification - it's the SRA/Kaplan-exam (i.e. FLK1, FLK2, or both) that would need to be disclosed if failed.
  17. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I scrupulously wrote out scripts which were quite ok but read them out, so IDK if that's bad. Also on one I ran out of time in the last second, not sure if that's fatal or not.
  18. trainee4u

    Ask Reed Smith Anything! ⬇️

    Hello @ReedSmithBecca I wonder if it is possible for those who unsuccessfully applied for VS to reapply for TC this cycle?
  19. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    depends which purposes you mean. the regulations are "full-time, 1 year or longer" for council tax exemption. However, this is certified by the university, not the provider, so a 9-month course is likely for example to be treated as "1 year" (being a whole academic year). However, a 3-month...
  20. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Anyone know if this is good enough for SH's SJT? Verbal High Numerical Medium Grit 7/9 Applied Intellect 4/9 Creative Force 6/9 Digital Mindset 9/9 Anyone got through with a 4?!?

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