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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
It will be fine to send them a short email checking they had received your video interview ok.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #5,119
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4
I would stress do you need to know or is it just wanting to know? If it is the latter, don’t contact them. It is only if you need to know that I would contact them.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #1,211
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!
No - I don’t think that will be the issue as it will be obvious you have your commerce degree too.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #5,598
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
Yes - you should reschedule. The firm cannot assess you properly if you are ill and cannot work out how you would have performed if you were well.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #5,103
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Advice for my son
I would apply to a mixture of both TC and VS depending on the firm, eligibility for the VS schemes and timings. Some firms will recruit trainees exclusively or so heavily from their vacation scheme programmes, that applying to these will be the best course of action. However, there will only be...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #7
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4
I would just get into it - saves you time and means you can say something more meaningful. You can reference the number of points when explaining your points.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #1,187
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
Please can you PM me proof of purchase and I can process this (I don’t have access to our subscriptions purchasing system).- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #5,074
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Advice for my son
The skills he is presenting at interview/assessment centre. I saw your other post, on the Willkie thread and I really don’t think a masters will improve his chances. He is getting to interview and so there is nothing wrong with his previous experience, it is more about how he is answering...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #5
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
Because they are unlikely to be a set of fixed questions with no follow up questions or interruptions and no fixed time allocation, that means the experience one interview candidate will have to the next is likely to be different. While with a video interview it could be a standardised set of...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #5,067
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
It’s not really a matter whether they are band 1 or 2 (or even 3), but you’ve got to explain why these rankings are going to be important to you/your experience as a trainee.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #5,063
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Ask Willkie Farr & Gallagher Anything!
Not Gemma, but if he is working in another law firm, he will need to check whether he can work for another firm (his employment contract is likely to restrict this). It is not impossible to do a vacation scheme with another firm if you are employed by another, but there can be challenges with...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #160
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
Yes - this is correct. We ask that video interview questions are not shared as we think this provides an unfair advantage to the recruitment process. Although some firms do declare their video interview questions at events or in their recruitment comms, we can’t track this, and so we just have...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #5,058
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4
There are not tens of thousands of people with straight A* and first class degrees applying to training contracts, let alone those who only go to Oxbridge or RG unis. That is one of the biggest myths out there!- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #1,179
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
They have referred to it as 8-seat for nearly two decades, but trainees very rarely do 8 seats. Somewhere between 4-6 is most common. There is just the opportunity to rotate every 3 months, but many trainees will want to do six month seats where they can.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #5,048
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4
You’d have to make the practice area content very specific to the firm - for instance, if the content is phrased in a way that can apply to other firms, then this may not be answering the question specifically as to why this firm. It is not that you have to talk about culture, cohort size etc...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #1,177
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
Look at how the firm writes it on their marketing materials and generally go with this format. For instance, L&W use Latham on their own website, and therefore it is ok to use:- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #5,043
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
You don’t necessarily change seat every 3 months. There will be some three month seats, but some will be six months.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #5,037
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4
Just wanted to chip in on the “what makes a good candidate” conversation. The first thing to stress is lots of good/strong candidates are unsuccessful. Being a good/strong candidate is not the only factor taken into account though. You can be an exceptional candidate but if the firm isn’t right...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #1,174
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4
I don’t know the answer to this unfortunately.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #1,173
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
Work experience is a job where you have made a commitment to turn up and deliver things that are set for you by others. Positions of responsibility are the things you choose to do - usually your extra curriculars but it’s just really a broader term for people who are not necessarily in...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #5,011
- Forum: Applications Discussion