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  1. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Will you still have the right to work in the UK after you graduate or will you need a form of sponsorship to work during a VS?
  2. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Congratulations! That is fantastic news!
  3. TCLA Community Assistant

    Summer Internship Accommodation (London)

    If they say no, does it impact your decision to accept or not? If it doesn’t impact your decision, accept and then raise the question. If it does impact your decision, ask the question first.
  4. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Could be either approach, or actually neither! I wouldn’t worry too much about other candidates though - just focus on yourself and your performance.
  5. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I would keep it to Baker McKenzie as they don't really use either shortened version when referring to themselves. Here are some ideas on how to get the word count down though so you can keep it to the firm's name...
  6. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Bullet points are fine to use if used appropriately. If you are writing multiple sentences to make one point, then prose and heading maybe more suitable.
  7. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Only if you see yourself accepting a TC with the VS firm over the from you have already got a TC with.
  8. TCLA Community Assistant

    Kirkland open day rejection - advice for vacation scheme?

    It could be a couple of things then: 1) They may feel you wouldn't benefit from the open day if you have significant legal experience already (depending on what your work experience entries you did include were). Sometimes open days are offered as a way to build up people's experience or...
  9. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    If sat in 2020, then yes. Views on grades in 2021 can be a little less lenient.
  10. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Hi there - there really won't be a set structure as such - this is really up to you to set! However, I would really focus on the message and audience first rather than the structure. Think of it this way: What three things do you really want them to remember - they won't remember everything...
  11. TCLA Community Assistant

    Kirkland open day rejection - advice for vacation scheme?

    quick question - were the other two first year opportunities on your application (eg did you secure them before you applied to Kirkland)?
  12. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Just go straight into the advice. The niceties would be in the email correspondence sending the summary/research note, rather than in the research note itself.
  13. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Amazing news - Congratulations!
  14. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    The video interviews are currently with solicitors to review so I wouldn't expect to hear back for a couple more weeks. There were some delays as some candidates had technical issues which delayed the deadline for the VIs to all be submitted.
  15. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    There can be various patterns to this so it’s hard to really know what the process is for this particular firm.
  16. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    On the vacation scheme/type of attendees discussion, I suspect this comes down to a mixture of things 1) Luck (good or bad) - sometimes you just get a good/bad combination of candidates at one AC, and then the one the following week is completely the opposite. It is not uncommon for behaviours...
  17. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I don’t have these details unfortunately.
  18. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Something like this really won’t matter.
  19. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Congratulations - that is fantastic news!
  20. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I’d suggest you wouldn’t need much more time that the length of the video interview question itself.

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