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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
The alternative is also to include it in an "additional information" section if there is one.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #6,071
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
I think you can weave in that fact that the firm offers this particular route as part of your answer, but I would try to cover why AG more generally into the answer too.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #6,046
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Bad credit/SRA character/TC
You should gather as much evidence as you can as it is likely you will need to go through an early suitability assessment with the SRA. You will need to provide evidence of your ability to manage your finances since the incident and line up some personal references from people who can explain...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #4
- Forum: General Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
I'd split this into the first part being more backwards looking - what you have done to learn more about the firm and the career that specifically aligns with the firm. I'd then make the second question more forward looking - what are you looking forward to experiencing within the firm if you...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #6,029
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
I really don't think this will be the case as I suspect they have not even got the data from the 2022 recruitment cycle anymore due to data retention policies.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #6,026
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
College law society experiences for me very much fit into extracurriculars than work. For student union activities, it depends what you are doing. Many positions within a student union will be work experience though, whether that be an "officer" role or working part-time in the SU Bar.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #6,016
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
These things can sometimes take a little longer than expected unfortunately. Reimbursement processes can be notoriously slow, especially where it is a one off payment. If you haven't received it again by end of play of Wednesday, I would call them again. If you need the money reimbursed...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #6,009
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Which firms host virtual assessment centres?
Tagging @WillkieGemma who will be able to advise on whether the firm is planning to run virtual assessment centres.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #7
- Forum: Interviews Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
You can use previous examples of how you have responded to feedback in the past, but I think it is important to frame this and lead with how you would respond in the situation the firm is asking you about first. Assuming this is a scenario of being in a trainee in a law firm, I would focus on...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #5,977
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5
10 is quite small if you have also narrowed margins/line spacing and if your paragraphs are pretty chunky. 10 can work if there is appropriate spacing elsewhere though. You can also hedge it with 10.5- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #1,083
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Bad credit/SRA character/TC
It seems highly unlikely this would need to be disclosed in the suitability test as you paid off the debt with no legal processes started to reclaim the debt from you. Thousands of lawyers will have missed a payment to their credit card who have been able to be admitted to the roll. These are...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #2
- Forum: General Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
Education fraud is scarily prevalent and getting references from academic institutions is notoriously difficult and slow, so I understand why they are asking for this upfront. If you have any documents, including emails from the university that confirm your module grades, you can upload these...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #5,936
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
I would focus on how you practically manage this in your life, rather than talking about it generally. Think about how you manage your time so you don’t over commit and then let yourself or others down. For instance, do you use time management tools to manage your time, do you take a flexible...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #5,909
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
My advice for this is to focus on more of the decision making process of how you will decide what is urgent and what resources you may use to guide you during that time. Focus more on the factors you’d need to consider to prioritise the work, and also what options you have for effective time...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #5,908
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
It’s basically a why commercial law question but focused a little more on your journey to this point rather than what you are looking forward to experiencing within the career.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #5,907
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5
If there isn’t a section for extracurriculars/achievements, this sounds like a good approach. You just don’t have to tell someone why the skills are relevant to law unless explicitly asked. You are effiectively telling someone what they already know.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #1,075
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
Absolutely no need to link to why law/why the firm in the work experience section. 9 times out of 10 if you focus on your skills, output and achievements in a role, you don’t have to claim the skills as it will be evident from your description. For instance, saying you reviewed 1000 pages of...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #5,905
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
Congratulations!- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #5,903
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
Their marketing states that around 90% of their trainees had done a programme with the firm before securing a TC.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #5,845
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
I would generally include all of them. Sometimes it is possible to group entries together, particularly things like open day or legal clinic work, and it’s not a problem to do this as long as you are clear about the precise dates of each activity in the description. You don’t have to group them...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #5,844
- Forum: Applications Discussion