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  1. TCLA Community Assistant

    'Anything else' Questions

    Firstly, you don’t have to use this question if you don’t want to. Many candidate will have presented what they want/need to in the other sections. I would only use it if there is a question you feel needed to be asked of you, rather than where you couldn’t put content you wanted to put in but...
  2. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I don’t track these type of details so am not best placed to advise.
  3. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    It may seem odd, but it’s going to be very important to them. Given they are a popular firm (and with international candidates) they will want to make sure they find people who have a long-term motivation/commitment to the region they are recruiting for.
  4. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Hi - that was me that deleted the post. Unfortunately we do ask that video interview questions are not specifically shared on the forum - we can’t keep a track of which firms share video interview information or not, and so we just blanket remove it. if they are asking you to talk about a...
  5. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Will be 23.59 on the 10th
  6. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    You could use the same example but just re-write parts of it so it is presented differently.
  7. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Unfortunately there really wouldn’t be any clear indication of what the chances would be, as it will always vary from process to process. It is ultimately a good thing though - they have deemed your application to be good enough for them. But it may have been that either earlier candidates have...
  8. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    It won’t be because you are a mature applicant. I have a different experience to @axelbeugre - from my time in MC firms, they were very open to taking career changers on and in fact would have enough in each intake to demonstrate that was never an issue. I’d also stress not all MC firms are the...
  9. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    It is not a PFO - they are putting your application on hold.
  10. TCLA Community Assistant

    Advice for my son

    Just keep applying - it isn’t unusual for people to apply for 3 or so cycles until they are successful. If your son is getting to interview stage he clearly has a good chance at success - he may just need to invest some time and energy in preparing and upskilling for interviews/assessment...
  11. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    You can do this, although some people prefer to combine roles into one entry depending on how it fits with their other entries. However if you do add it as one entry, you’d need to make it clear in the description that your job changed part way through by rpcoiding that detail and dates. It is...
  12. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    If the deadline for the London is the 10th, then your deadline will be the 13th.
  13. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    No - it will just mean the overall qualification (A-level, degree, masters).
  14. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Individuals will be working for clients on personal matters (wills, family matters, probate, house purchases etc), while businesses will be commercial work with organisations/companies
  15. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    It will need to be a longer period of time to train as you will need to accumulate the equivalent of two-years full-time of qualifying work experience. So for instances, if you were only working 2.5 days a week instead of 5, your training contract would need to be 4 years long rather than 2.
  16. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    No - it’s one of the few firms where it is strongly advise to never shorten it.
  17. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    You can take that approach, but you don’t have to. The great thing about the personal statement is that it’s really up to you to focus on what you need to showcase. Also be mindful of how the statement fits into your wider application, as you are providing a lot of other detail elsewhere in...
  18. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Ideally anything in the last six months, but sometimes things can be 12-18 months old (as it might be things that only happen once a year, or not very frequently) and that is okay too.
  19. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Just to stress Freshfields is not a cover letter, it’s a personal statement and so will have a slightly different approach than a cover letter.
  20. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    The first two require no reason to tie it back to the firm - just focus on describing the example and making sure you hit all the points of the question. The final question does not need to be tied back to the firm directly. However, you may want to think about the structure of the...

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