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  1. TCLA Community Assistant

    Career changer - panicking

    When is the vacation scheme and when do you have to accept your TC by?
  2. TCLA Community Assistant

    SRA Character and Suitability - CCJ and bad credit

    I would focus on getting all the relevant documentation together so you can present the best case to the SRA. A reference from your current firm will be helpful to verify your character now, but I would also try to pull together any references from people in any professional role...
  3. TCLA Community Assistant

    SRA Character and Suitability - CCJ and bad credit

    Have you spoken to your firm about this?
  4. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    The disadvantage is indirect - firms are likely to have a cap on the number of TCs they can offer to those needing a work permit, and so if a firm has 50 TCs but can only offer a maximum of 10 of those 50 to people who need a work permit, there are effectively fewer training contracts you are...
  5. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I’d go to AllHires and ask them to manually change the form for you and to fix the issue.
  6. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    It is fine to use the brand ambassador role if you think to demonstrates certain skills/capabilities that you think will complement your other work experience entries. As the firm will be aware of your role as a BA, if there is an extra info section, it could also be placed there too though if...
  7. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    It could be about alignment in personality/culture too - this can even vary across offices within the same firm.
  8. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    If you have no ties to the location you are applying to, there can be concerns more about whether you will enjoy life outside of work, so that could be a factor as to why.
  9. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    You don’t have to use the full count. It’s only there for if it is needed, and for many roles a much shorter description will be appropriate.
  10. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I’d take that as Friday 12 Jan if it says 10 working days started from the 29th December.
  11. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Were you asked whether you had applied before in the application?
  12. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    These forms of circumstances are not the same as life in a law firm, and so it won't be seen that you couldn't cope with life's stresses. It will be seen that you had to make a major commitment to something outside of your studies by being a primary caregiver. These are definitely mitigating...
  13. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Yes - that is not a problem at all.
  14. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Lots of different reasons why this can happen, but here a a few of the key reasons: 1) If there have been any psychometric tests or early assessments, they may rank applications on the performance in those test. 2) different people are reviewing the applications and it just happens the person...
  15. TCLA Community Assistant

    Help - Submitting work experience after deadline?

    Unfortunately I don’t think you can do any more. You have contacted graduate recruitment with the information and it is on your application form. You can’t do anything else in this situation, and so I don’t think it is worthwhile focusing on this now.
  16. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Yes - I think this is a good section to add this type of detail in.
  17. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    You are not going to be able to change the time the application was submitted - I don’t think it is worthwhile worry about this now, what is done is done.
  18. TCLA Community Assistant

    TLT Vacation Scheme Application Assistance

    The use of “are” in the question suggests you can pick more than one value, but I think only two are needed so you can answer the question well. You can use examples to demonstrate why it is the most important or how it’s led to success for the client and/or, if that helps, but it isn’t...
  19. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    The difficulty here is how will the firm you are applying to be able to support the client on an IPO if they have already instructed another firm to advise on this? Also, there would need to be a challenge with the IPO itself.
  20. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    If it’s late 2021, I think it’s fine as it will be just over two years. If it’s early 2021, I would try to find something more recent, just where it’s closer to 3.

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