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  1. trainee4u

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    fair dos, they've sent out their PFO a few minutes later (strangely marked "private and confidential") Thank you for applying for the 2027 Training Contracts with Kingsley Napley LLP. We have enjoyed reading every application, and appreciate the time and effort put into these. We are sorry to...
  2. trainee4u

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    nine minutes late, tsk-tsk 😂 looks like it is a PFO for me
  3. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    there's lots in google news: https://www.google.com/search?num=10&q=tariff+shipping&tbm=nws&source=lnms
  4. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    It appears from tc1999's post history that they are on the waitlist for a VS, so there might be some self interest here....
  5. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    when did they ask you this? I've not heard back from Sky since my interview last week. They told me they'd get back to us this week. Therefore, if you've heard from them this week (i haven't!), I'd interpret that positively.
  6. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    It might depend on the firm. I think there are any number of things you could go for, and the question can show both commercial awareness and wider legal knowledge. For example, GenAI is very controversial with issues like the "Studio Ghibli image generator", and here the government has made...
  7. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    🎉 Dear trainee4u We are pleased to inform you that you've been selected for our summer vacation scheme. Please confirm if you are available to attend the vacation scheme on either of the weeks listed and if you had a preference for a particular week.
  8. trainee4u

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    that's a good guide; one thing I also did to better identify a firm's revenue and therefore its competitors is download the lawyers' profiles using a script into a spreadsheet with areas of expertise for each lawyer, which can then be easily summed (including also an AI-generated summary of...
  9. trainee4u

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    yes. i was looking at https://www.legal500.com/firms/903-devonshires-solicitors-llp/r-england/rankings and it shows for London Band 1 - Debt Recovery Band 1 - Social housing: finance Band 1 - Social housing: LAs and RPs this might suggest similar capabilities in Debt Recovery and Social...
  10. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    the cappfinity test results given to the candidate are worthless. they always have two strengths and one weakness, but don't indicate whether the candidate performed poorly or well
  11. trainee4u

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    this is a sloppy edit by them. I got their PFO in January and it had the "Due to" sentence (which is already clumsy- "high volume of applications" would make more sense), but the "AI" sentence wasn't there at that time. On the plus side, we can be sure AI didn't write that sentence.
  12. trainee4u

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    Not as bad as the Clyde rejection I got: Regrettably, based on the information provided, we have noticed you do not meet the eligibility requirements for this role. Please review the job description to understand the requirements. We understand this might not be the news you were hoping for...
  13. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    you could try the contact us form here: https://www.hfw.com/about-us/contact-us/ or maybe email the early careers contact asking them if they can provide a suitable email.
  14. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I did it but not in a group. Was disappointed tbh, would have liked to hear others' answers. It's just 3 VI-style questions, no follow-up, maybe a couple of minutes per question (entirely up to you). Had i been in a group it would have been the same but you'd have got to hear other peoples'...
  15. trainee4u

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    it's garbage, just ignore it. unlike the amberjack assessments you aren't told your actual performance, so you've no idea whether your results were good or bad. everyone gets two good points and one bad point. in reality your score might be great or terrible, but they aren't telling you.
  16. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    dodgy drafting! Conventionally style guides suggest it means the end of Monday. However, it's poor to use in this context, which would be better expressed as 23:59:59 (cf. 00:00, which is unambiguously then Sunday night into Monday morning)
  17. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    turns out the sourcecode is on github, lol, so saves me re-implementing it :) https://devpost.com/software/socratease https://github.com/siddharth-shringarpure/socratease
  18. trainee4u

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    Have now received PFO with a "this should have gone out yesterday but our email system didn't work" apology
  19. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    some (at least one) people have received ACs, most have been blanked, as of now.
  20. trainee4u

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Sky Summer Work Experience Placement + Potential Training Contract To , Sign up by 5pm today! Apply to Sky's in-house work experience programme - a brilliant opportunity to gain commercial experience at a top legal department, with two training contract offers available for attendees, starting...

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