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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    they said they'd get back this Wednesday so we could be hearing updates later today or tmrw onwards
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    seems that people are hearing back from SH sigh not me tho i hope that something is said soon
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    also i keep having nightmares about the Browne jacbson TI 😭 I just want ONE AC, JUST ONE all i need is one firm to believe in me, smh i aint asking for a lot they said they'd get back around 9th 10th so im so nervous, i pray its some good news i need it with how life is rn
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    why is it the essays i spend so long on i get average but the ones i do in the shortest amount of time(and this is me going over lectures and doing reading for the first time because im so behind) i do very well in its some sick mind trick man 😭
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    i literally know i have an interest in ip but whenever i go to apply to firms that have ip services i search up their current trainees and see how they were a paralegal for some brand, or something ip related EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY HAVE PREVIOUS EXP IN THE INDUSTRY!! is there a point to even...
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    updated statz applications made: 13 rejections: 6 rejected post VI or test : 3 (Taylor Wessing, Trowers, Bristows) waiting to hear back from: Stephenson Harwood Summer VS Shoosmiths TC (rejected for SVS, completed SJT) Browne Jacobson SVS (completed SJT, completed TI) Farrer & Co TC Howard...
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    oh my that telephone interview she was so lovely but my answers atrocious 😭
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    the way i am so scared for this TI literally woke up so early and prepped, if i stutter idk what ill do
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    doing some prep for general questions and when i get to the 'why law?' i have the urge to say 'why not' i wish that was a good enough answer sigh
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    completed the assessment for a paralegal opportunity now its time to prep for the browne jacobson TI amongst my 4 uni deadlines this month.... crazy
  11. ohnoselim

    A student in need of direction.

    practice is key! you got this make sure you use different examples and make it unique or interesting to you and the firm firms have a list of competencies on their websites
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    A student in need of direction.

    Hi! just came across across your thread and I can relate. Every firm is competitive, with magic circle and silver circle firms receiving over thousands of applications. Most firms don't require legal experience any experience is valuable. I remember a senior associate at an open day told me how...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    does anyone have advice for telephone interviews? this is my first ever one so any guidance would be so great!
  14. ohnoselim

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    did anyone just receive an email from Howard Kennedy TC? - they're telling me to input contextual information to complete my application, but I already did that in the initial app so strange
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    thank youuu ur so nice honestly !
  16. ohnoselim

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    updates: - got an assessment to complete for a paralegal opportunity - and a browne jacobson TI - and a whole lotta assignments due at the end of april, no time left for applications, this month is uni focused - and an exam in may sigh - going to fit some more in after assignments as i know a...
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    glad to know im relatable fr its all planned we dont need to stress it'll work out in the end inshallah, rooting for you tooooo cant wait to see you post about ur big adult job🥲!! you should look into summer internships so many of them are like 2/3 months long, its a good way to fill time...
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    Made a few more applications since the last post, i say few it was more like 2 and 1 summer internship It's so awkward being in this academic stage, at every other level i knew what was next. After secondary school it was sixth form, after that uni, after uni now what? Definitely not a masters...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    anyone know if lee & thompsons vac scheme is applicable to graduates only or are final years included?
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    tell me about it

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