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  1. trainee4u

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    Does anyone have any tips for my Withers TC interview? Your first interview will be 50 minutes talking to a partner and member of the HR team. If you do well at interview, you’ll be invited back to the second stage of the process.
  2. trainee4u

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    you can get a travelodge for around £50/night. a hostel is around £25-£30, but that will be a shared room so isn't recommended. premier inn is likely to be more expensive but is worth checking if you are going to be in London long-term you should buy an Oyster card and a 16-25 railcard...
  3. trainee4u

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    it depends exactly what you wrote. In general the big no-no is failing SQE. In addition, candidates with SQE1 are somewhat more qualified/employable than those without. However merely "studying" SQE1 doesn't mean you are going to pass it - the fail rate for SQE1 is high. Therefore I wouldn't...
  4. trainee4u

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    Law firms and their stupid email subjects: The subject: "Ashfords LLP Bristol Assessment Centre" The content: "We received a high volume of strong applications this year, and after careful consideration, we regret to inform you that we will not be progressing your application to the next stage...
  5. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    When did you apply!? I just got one too and applied in February or something similarly absurd!
  6. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I did an AS interview. It was a rather low-quality experience, just three standard questions with no feedback or interaction. They also did not keep their promise about when they would respond, only responding almost a week later, without any apology or explanation. However, they did send an...
  7. trainee4u

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    I assume that there will be a long-term decline in GDL enrolment, as the GDL loses relevance due to its optional status under SQE.
  8. trainee4u

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    This is definitely something to avoid doing. Firstly, when it comes to ending employment, it's usually preferred to resign rather than be fired, and perhaps it's something that you could have asked for from the firm (not sure what is meant by "not particularly personal"), and again you'd...
  9. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    they haven't responded to me either. when did you apply?
  10. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Hi @Jessica Booker (or others with experience of graduate recruitment) I wonder how I should handle this situation? I have two VS offers as shown in this calendar: I have accepted firm A's four-day VS, which is their only route to a TC. I have now also received a VS offer from firm B...
  11. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    specifically I'd highlight the positives of getting the the VS and what you learned from it and not mention the implied that you didnt convert. however, if you were to mention it you'd probably focus on what you learned and highlight that you are adaptable or perhaps focus on the parts that you...
  12. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    yes it's quite a long time ago that it changed. the term "articles" was subsequently removed from the Solicitors Act as an incidental amendment in the Legal Services Act 2007, 17 years after the Law Society changed from "articles" to "training contract".
  13. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    there's a longer history Attorneys and Solicitors Act 1728 After 1 Decem. 1730. none to act as an Attorney unless he has served a Clerkship, and been admitted. That from and after the first Day of December one thousand seven hundred and thirty, no Person, who shall not before the said first...
  14. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    While I probably wouldn't bring it up in interviews unsolicited, the Supreme Court's judgment in For Women Scotland is important for employment law and also for businesses providing services such as toilets, changing rooms, etc. Here is the judgment...
  15. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I think BA is slightly different; they charge people to "train". This looks like exploiting unpaid labour.
  16. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    This is likely to be illegal. See https://www.gov.uk/guidance/national-minimum-wage-work-experience-and-internships and here https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7ca576ed915d6969f465a2/supporting-doc-foi-130498-annex-a.pdf In general, unpaid work shadowing is legal so long as the...
  17. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I haven't received anything from them since applying on 28th February.
  18. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    This is very much uncool. They promised to let us know this week. I am 99% sure I have been PFOed, as I have not been asked to upload my CV. Today is a Bank Holiday. I have plans to make which depend on me either attending or not the Sky placement. They would seem very unlikely to do...
  19. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    KN seem to have sent out test invites at 17:40 and PFOs at 17:50 yesterday. I applied about 11:45pm on the last day and got a PFO.
  20. trainee4u

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    https://www.rollonfriday.com/news-content/ropes-gray-tells-its-lawyers-be-office-four-days-week said £70k+ in 2023, so a bit more than that. Less outside London.

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