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  1. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Unfortunately it looks like you need to currently be studying. This is from their website:
  2. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Yes - your agency could be a good alternative. If you are through your own limited company and have an accountant, your accountant may also be a good referee (this is what I have had to do in my line of work before).
  3. TCLA Community Assistant

    Most annoying recruitment practices

    People can ask. There is no rule in stopping people asking. The TCLA rule stops people from providing the specific wording to video interview questions in the public forums (unless the firm has put them in the public domain themselves) and we just advise that people take their own risks in...
  4. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Depends on their data retention policy. They could easily use old feedback if the data is still available to them.
  5. TCLA Community Assistant

    Most annoying recruitment practices

    Sounds like you might be in the wrong place based on what you have said - the forums are a place where people are more than welcome to ask these type of questions.
  6. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I think if you can show you have gone out of your way to improve your commercial awareness through tangible evidence, then you can generally apply again. As you have a connection to the firm, it might be worthwhile contacting them and getting their thoughts on you reapplying though - I know...
  7. TCLA Community Assistant

    Most annoying recruitment practices

    Not really limited to recruitment practices but: 1) Ghosting - from candidates and recruiters 2) Lack of reasonable response time to important issues like asking for reasonable adjustments 3) Bad handwriting on written feedback forms (yep, many firms are still old school with hand written...
  8. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Do you have a previous employer you could use instead?
  9. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I don’t think you can assume that. All it would take is for someone to be off ill/ on leave unexpectedly and a deadline they were aiming for could easily be pushed back.
  10. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I think the context in which this is being used will need to be clear as it won’t be a term everyone has heard of before (and it’s not a commonly used term in law firms) - it is fine to use it but the context in which you are using it should ensure that it isn’t misinterpreted as a mistake.
  11. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    The work you are highlighting will be considered “commercial” law - applying contracts to business operations, while I would consider transactional work to be more the movement of assets between organisations. Commercial work often falls within Corporate teams, but I wouldn’t say it is the core...
  12. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    I would ask the firm if you would like an online assessment centre. It maybe that they can make some adjustments, but sometimes there will be certain assessments that can only be done in person. The firm will be used to people asking this question though and will have a good idea of what they...
  13. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I would try to find a specific example within an experience rather than talking about a role broadly. The only way I can see this working for a general experience rather than a specific example is if you have got clear evidence that your exceptional client service led to better outcomes for the...
  14. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Yes - that is fine. I would just try to have a mix of experiences across competency questions, but using the same experience twice would be fine
  15. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I would expect it’s too late for a winter scheme now, unfortunately.
  16. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Some firms work on the basis that rolling means that early screening stages can be done but that no offers will be made before the last person gets to the final interview/assessment stage.
  17. TCLA Community Assistant

    Ask 4 future trainees ANYTHING! *New TCLA Team Members*

    Definitely not an issue for not all of the boxes to be utilised.
  18. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I think it is effectively alluding to both why the specialised programme and if there are any seats you specifically want to do within that area. It is probably to make sure you understand the realities of the different programmes to ensure you are best aligned to the sector specific programme...
  19. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I would strongly suspect it is impossible to score 9 across all elements based on how the test is designed - there is likely to be some contradictory elements that mean you would score lower on one element but higher on another based on the way you answer.
  20. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    Congratulations - that is a fantastic achievement and even better when a firm does allow you to start earlier!

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