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  1. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    No problem in sending it - just keep the email short and to the point, with a brief reference of why you are sending it to them.
  2. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Will be fairly easy to cross reference completion of the course - I just don’t think they would check what people did.
  3. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Yes - that’s not a problem at all. It’s probably a default where the system is also used for other roles they recruit for outside of the graduate recruitment team.
  4. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I would say this is extra curricular rather than work experience then. It sounds like you have enough work experience to cover as well, and i think adding everything to work experience just because it can be the open ended section of an application risks you minimising your other work experience.
  5. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Is the unpaid role within a business or a social group/interest group (e.g. a society or club)?
  6. TCLA Community Assistant

    Work Experience Section - prose vs bullet points

    Its not necessarily a deal breaker - it depends on the firm and also the formatting you use when presenting it as bullet points.
  7. TCLA Community Assistant

    Work Experience Section - prose vs bullet points

    If you log into TCLA forums on a laptop you get the option to format in bullet points (however, you don't get this option if accessing TCLA via your phone): So you get nice tidy bullet point Lists like this which mean They can be used really well However, I don't think it works well when you...
  8. TCLA Community Assistant

    Work Experience Section - prose vs bullet points

    General rule. If you can’t format bullet points into the application form, use prose. Just adding • to general text boxes to try and insert bullet points rarely works as you don’t get the general indentation formatting needed for bullet points to be used well.
  9. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA General Discussion Thread 2022-23

    If you do get your QWE signed off by the firm, try to get some guidance from them as to what this means for your career at the firm - will you have a chance to go forward for a NQ role and how would that process differ from any trainees the firm currently has.
  10. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    we I’d suggest one of two approaches. You could put the date of your application and then just start the description with something like “In this on-going role” or “This role is a permanent and on-going position” Alternatively you could add a clearly distinctive future date like 01/01/24 pr...
  11. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA General Discussion Thread 2022-23

    You need to ensure your QWE will be comparable to the other candidates going forward for the NQ roles you aspire to apply for in the future. For many paralegals, their experience will not be comparable to trainees coming through their training, and if this is the case, you will be at a...
  12. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Only if they are in work related matters. Do not try and fit other answers into other sections - it rarely works well and you can be “marked down” for it.
  13. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Aim for the first two thirds of an application window if you can, but don’t give yourself too hard a time if you can’t do that, especially for every application. Personally I would avoid the last 72 hours though as that’s when the vast majority of people will be applying.
  14. TCLA Community Assistant

    GDL results and TC applications

    I want to be honest - this is complicated. As you are qualified in another jurisdiction and now looking to take the SQE, you don’t need a training contract. As soon as you pass the SQE you will be qualified in England and Wales as foreign qualified lawyers don’t need to accumulate 2 years of...
  15. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I really don’t think you can make this distinction between the SC and MC firms broadly. Your expectations, aspirations and motivations may make one MC firm the best long term opportunity for you, but then the second best could easily be a SC. For instance, there will be some people whose “best”...
  16. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    this is a grey area…. Volunteering could be work experience or extra curricular. I tend to advise putting it in to the section you feel needs more details/variety if you are unsure - it really won’t matter which one you choose, I would just stick to one and make sure it is not repeated. Open...
  17. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    can you put a future date in?
  18. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    It really won’t work on this basis. The reference to anyone (whether a trainee or a partner) is much more about what you took from that conversation rather than who you spoke to.
  19. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Yes - I would include it. It is far better to include it than not.
  20. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    These have been paused for the moment while the TCLA review the newsletter. We are expecting it to be back in a new form next week!

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