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  1. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Amazing news! Congratulations and well done 👏🏼
  2. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I wouldn't say it is late in the cycle - many firms are still going to open their direct TC applications this summer. Maybe take a break from it for a while and come back to it once you have had a chance to relax and reflect. You are allowed to feel like this (pretty much everyone does!) and...
  3. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    It’s really difficult to advise on this as it will depend on the nature of the mistakes. But mistakes are likely to happen in a vacation scheme and no one is perfect and so they are likely to happen. It’s more about either the severity of the mistake/the implications of the mistake being made...
  4. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    The below advice is spot on - you need to ask ASAP, but I would ask IF you can have an extension rather than asking for one (language is important in this context).
  5. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    I’ll come back to this tonight - sorry for the delay.
  6. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    They really won’t look at it any differently just by name. They will look at what you did on the scheme as an indicator of its value.
  7. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    You should really disclose it, especially as it might have to be raised in conflicts checks anyway. From an onboarding process they can only go off the information you give them, but if something comes up where they find out you didn’t disclose this as part of the onboarding processes when you...
  8. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    There is not really any difference between a legal internship and a vacation scheme apart from the name. It sounds like you have enough legal experience and a lot of non legal work experience and so I would say you should have no hesitations in applying for TC/Graduate Solicitor Apprenticeships
  9. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Does your TC or VS offers have any terms in them that stop you from doing the scheme if you have accepted the TC?
  10. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    There’s some great advice in the following threads or posts: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/converting-your-vacation-scheme-into-a-training-contract-top-tips-in-2021.3454/ https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/convert-your-vacation-scheme-into-a-training-contract/ Post...
  11. TCLA Community Assistant

    Worried about university grade requirements

    You won’t have to list individual assignments, just the overall module grade. One 2.2 grade is not going to be detrimental L, especially if your other grades are 2.1s and firsts.
  12. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    I would explain why. They won’t really care about the words as such - it’s more the explanation of why you have picked what you have.
  13. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    I don't think you need to be concerned. I would just contact your point of contact in HR/Graduate Recruitment and ask when you could expect a written offer to be sent to you.
  14. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I’d go with A&OShearman now rather than just Shearman.
  15. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    It’s not going to piss them off - the worst that is going to happen is they don’t have any other availability for alternative dates. But you are not going to anger them by asking in case they do have alternatives.
  16. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    It really depends on how much weighting the firm has put on how they view that one work experience entry at any stage of the selection process. For instance, there may be much more weighting on it if it is your only work experience entry than it would be if there is one of many. The firm may...
  17. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    But by adding another year on, the internship looked a year longer than it actually was. That is a significant error. It is up to you. However, I would tell them at the earliest opportunity given the nature of the error just in case you are offered. If you wait until post offer it could look...
  18. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    If you want to, you can but I don’t think it is worthwhile doing so until you have an offer from the other firm.
  19. TCLA Community Assistant

    Can you be a “Trainee Solicitor” if you have technically already qualified through the SQE?

    It’s not an issue to do this if your firm is happy for this to happen.
  20. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I’d point out the error as soon as possible as this will have potentially been viewed as a year long internship rather than one for a couple of weeks. It is bound to be seen as an innocent typo/error though if the day and month are correct and the year is just out by one digit on the keyboard.

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