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  1. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    There typically won’t be a term about reneging unless you are accepting funding and then there could be a term about paying back and costs associated with sponsorship of law school fees or maintenance grants.
  2. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    I don’t think it’s safe to assume - we do know some firms close at the close of business on the day stated and won’t make that clear in their marketing materials. However, I would say in 95% of cases it is a 23.59 deadline on the date stated.
  3. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Most likely fairly standard hours - most supervisors will be pushing you out the door at 5.30-6.00pm. There can be occasions where vacation scheme students stay later, and there will be social events that will be in the evenings, but generally I would expect vacation scheme students to not be in...
  4. TCLA Community Assistant

    A graduate in need of career advice

    Not that I can think of.
  5. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Yes, you can withdraw your acceptance. You should call your point of contact and explain why you are no longer continuing with the offer, and then follow up in writing to confirm that is the case.
  6. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Congratulations and well done!
  7. TCLA Community Assistant

    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Foreign qualified lawyers do come to the U.K. to work, most typically via the firm they work for in the jurisdiction they are qualified in. If you wanted to work for a MC firm in the U.K., then you’d really need to secure a role in a MC or equivalent firm in the country you are looking to work...
  8. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Usually the deadline includes the date referenced and they really mean 23.59 rather than midnight. However, you may want to submit 24 hours prior just to be sure.
  9. TCLA Community Assistant

    A graduate in need of career advice

    The deadline really won’t be three weeks. They say these things but they will still be selling the course in the weeks leading up to it starting. There will also be courses starting in January/February, so maybe continuing building up your experience and developing your CV and then reassess...
  10. TCLA Community Assistant

    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    If you qualified and had experience in another country, you wouldn’t be looking at training contracts if you did return to the U.K. Instead you’d be looking to transfer as a qualified lawyer. I think you really have to work out where you want the next 3-4 years of your career to be, and go with...
  11. TCLA Community Assistant

    Guidance

    I would still explore whether someone else can sign it off. There are some qualified lawyers who provide this service, albeit at a cost.
  12. TCLA Community Assistant

    Non-law undergrad, failed module in second year.

    For the failed module, was there any clear reason for failing it? Just given how strong your other modules are, one of the things considered when looking at module discrepancies is to try and work out why it might have happened. For instance, missing a deadline is likely to be looked at less...
  13. TCLA Community Assistant

    Guidance

    Does your company have a compliance officer? If so, they can also sign it off. Often lawyers will not sign it off because there is no evidence - if you have kept a log of what you have worked on and the competencies achieved, any qualified solicitor can sign it off if they are happy to do so...
  14. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Is this a video interview on Launchpad?
  15. TCLA Community Assistant

    Guidance

    Hi Marek - given your experience, have you thought about qualifying with your current employer via the SQE? You would only need to complete SQE2 given you have completed the LPC and you could get an external solicitor to sign off your qualifying work experience. This would effectively replace...
  16. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    I would expect it to be 23.59 on the 31st - deadlines typically include the date they reference.
  17. TCLA Community Assistant

    NQ Solicitor - Changing Area of Specialism after qualifying

    Something like construction might be a possibility given you have done a real estate seat. Moving to something like competition though is likely to be more tricky because none of your seats are directly connected to this area - you really need some corporate experience to put you in the best...
  18. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    You should use whatever experiences have really driven your motivations for a legal career in law. It doesn’t really matter what the experience is, it’s more about explaining how’s it’s shaped your motivations. Therefore, you could use your work experience or the event you attended, or even...
  19. TCLA Community Assistant

    Do Magic Circle/US Law Firms Look Favourably on Paralegals

    Conflict issues are only going to be a problem if you are employed by both companies at the same time. Future trainees are not employed until their start of their training contract, and so this is unlikely to be an issue. It may, at worse, just limit the work you can do in the TC firm (for...
  20. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    No smaller than 10. 10 is fine as long as you are writing very long paragraphs and haven’t narrowed margins and line spaces too much.

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