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    Linklaters Vacation Scheme Interview 2021

    A big thank you to this candidate for sharing their experience with the forum: I interviewed virtually for Linklaters and found the experience overall very enjoyable! With it being virtual we were given a virtual q&a session a couple of days before the AC with grad recruitment answering any...
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    The GameStop Saga

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    Leaving it to the Lastminute.com

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    For Love nor Money: The Lucrative World of Online Dating

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    £5 Amazon Gift Card for every successful application you submit!

    Share Your Application Here To celebrate the launch of our new application database, we are giving a £5 Amazon gift card for every successful application submitted to our database. ⁣⁣ Anyone can submit a successful vacation scheme or training contract application for the database provided it...
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    New Private Message Tools!

    Thanks to @Daniel Boden for this suggestion. Within your conversations/private messages, you now have the ability to: Add Labels/Folders. This option provides you with the ability to create your own labels and assign them to their conversations for easy referencing. Conversations are...
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    M&A Bootcamp 2021

    Introducing our M&A Bootcamp 2021! Led by a corporate associate at a global law firm, our M&A bootcamp will teach you how to perform exceptionally at the hardest law firm interviews. You’ll learn how to wow a partner by understanding the complex commercial and legal issues associated with a...
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    Using A Subject Access Request for Law Firm Feedback

    Hi everyone, I recently spoke to a future trainee who discussed using a subject access request to request feedback from a law firm. I know this has been discussed a few times on here, and it may be unclear how this actually works, so I asked them to write a detailed account of their...
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    Securing Three Training Contract Offers As An International Candidate - With DS

    Welcome to the next article in our series of interviews with future trainee solicitors. Today we are delighted to hear from DS, who successfully secured three training contract offers as an international student. 1. Who is your training contract with? Baker McKenzie 2. Are you a law or non...
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    It's a marathon, not a sprint - with Rosie C

    Welcome to the second post in our series of interviews with future trainee solicitors! Today, we are delighted to hear from Rosie Coles, who is a future trainee at CMS. 1. Who is your training contract with? CMS 2. Are you a law or non law candidate? Non-law 3. Which university did you...
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    How I secured four training contract offers - with Patricia K

    Welcome to the first in our series of interviews with future trainee solicitors. Today we delighted to hear from Patricia K, TCLA's project manager, who successfully secured four training contract offers. 1. Who is your training contract with? Allen & Overy 2. Are you a law or non law...
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    Have you submitted an application to us in the last two days?

    Hey guys, Between 19 January and 20 January, we had an issue with applications submitted via our application review form not coming through to our system. If you've submitted an application to TCLA for review via the website, between those dates, and haven't received a confirmation, I'd kindly...
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    Welcome to the TCLA Forum Version 2.0!

    Hey guys, A huge welcome to our new, upgraded forum! I can't tell you how happy I am to finally go live - so many months of thought and work has gone into this! First of all, let me apologise - the next few days are going to be a little bumpy as there are some bugs to sort through and a couple...
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    TCLA Downtime - Tuesday 19 January 2021

    Hey everyone, In case you didn't see this in my email earlier this week, kindly note that TCLA will be down from around 1pm today as we undergo some scheduled maintenance. I would expect TCLA to be down for the rest of the day. I apologies in advance for any inconvenience caused by this, I...
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    Happy holidays!

    Hey everyone, Just a quick note to say that the TCLA team are wishing you a lovely break. I know it runs right in the middle of the application window, but I do hope you get the chance to take some time for yourself. I'll be writing a fuller 'TCLA's Year in Review' next week, but I just want...
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    TCLA's Most Bookmarked Content 2020

    As we get to the end of the year, I thought you guys would benefit from reading the Most Bookmarked Content of 2019/2020. With our upcoming forum upgrade, we'll have a page where it is far easier to access the best advice on this forum. In first place comes Alice's advice on case studies: So...
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    New Video Interview Questions for 2021

    Hey everyone, Just to let you know that we've recently revamped our new video interview simulator with a range of new questions, all based on law firm video interview questions as of this cycle. Silver members are entitled to one practice with our simulator, whereas Gold members are entitled to...
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    £5 Amazon Gift Card for every successful application or cover letter you share!

    Hey guys, I know we've been issuing a lot of Amazon gift cards recently... Alongside our forum upgrade, we are developing a database for (successful) past applications and cover letters available to premium members. This will allow you to search between firms far more easily. In doing so, we...
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    Nominate Members for a £35 Amazon Gift Card!

    Hey guys, Further to my previous post about our upcoming forum upgrade (which will be coming very soon - maybe even this week!), we are going to be retiring/replacing our credits system because this is something we never properly implemented. (Note, that our credits system is different to the...
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    New TCLA Forum - Releasing Soon!

    Hey everyone, Now that we've updated the main website, we're working hard on an upgrade and redesign of the TCLA forum. In addition to a redesign that reflects the new branding we have with the main website, we'll be making the forum easier to navigate, improving the mobile experience...

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