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  1. TCLA Community Assistant

    Linklaters - Winter Vacation Scheme 2023

    What opportunity were you applying to?
  2. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    It isn’t really a vacation scheme as such due to the length of time it is, but many people do convert it to a TC after attending.
  3. TCLA Community Assistant

    PgDL possible with degree from 2010

    There will be no issue in getting on the PGDL or SQE courses as long as you have a degree (they aren’t very selective).
  4. TCLA Community Assistant

    Applying to TC as Non-Russel Group University Grad

    Absolutely no need to do a masters at a Russell Group uni. This post may help give you some reassurance that you don’t: Post in thread 'Freaking out about studying law at a non russell group uni'...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    It’s part of a data protection process - it’s more difficult for them to hold data on you when you don’t formally submit it.
  6. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    You are in the top 10% of people you are being benchmarked against, so that’s generally very good.
  7. TCLA Community Assistant

    Norton Rose Fullbright Confused on Cover Letter

    You could weave a little bit of why you would be well suited to the firm whilst answering the firm is a good match for you (as it effectively it’s about saying how you both match each other), but I agree you don’t need to heavily explain your capabilities as this is clearly a more motivational...
  8. TCLA Community Assistant

    Quick First-Year Grades Check

    Especially with mitigating circumstances, there are no issues here.
  9. TCLA Community Assistant

    Incoming Third Year Grades Check

    The vast majority of people in MC firms will not be the top academic performers from their university or BCL alum. Your grades on the face of it are fine for a number of the firms in those categories - but it will be a much broader range of criteria and evidence that will impact your chances...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Monday mornings have always been fair game in my opinion, especially if you are also taking out Fridays.
  11. TCLA Community Assistant

    Ask Willkie Farr & Gallagher Anything!

    At the same time of offering candidates as they go, firms are mindful they have future talent pipelines to utilise and that there could be as good or even better talent in that pipeline too. They don’t want to potentially lose that talent as well, and so they won’t offer all their TC spaces to...
  12. TCLA Community Assistant

    Character and suitability - very very worried

    You didn’t go to debt collection though, going by your other post, so this is not a similar situation.
  13. TCLA Community Assistant

    SRA Character and Suitability (Credit Report)

    Then you are fine - this is not an issue at all. There probably wouldn’t be any lawyers at all if we went off what are late payments.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I would change and update as much as possible to show how you have changed as an applicant. If nothing much changes, then the recruiter is likely to think that the outcome from the recruitment process is unlikely to change too.
  15. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Honestly then, I don’t think it is really worthwhile mentioning if there isn’t anything substantial that you took from it that you can remember. I personally wouldn’t make a generic statement either as it’s just going to be just that - generic. You want to avoid that.
  16. TCLA Community Assistant

    Ask Willkie Farr & Gallagher Anything!

    Not Gemma, but to talk about the generally, I’d stress that it’s highly unlikely that all vacation scheme students will meet the requirements to get a TC offer, and even if that was the case, not all people will accept their TC offer. Different firms will have different approaches to this based...
  17. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Rather than remembering the specific content of the day, can you focus on what you took from the experience or what made you think that they were the right firm for you?
  18. TCLA Community Assistant

    In house TC's

    https://instagram.com/inhouselegal?igshid=NzZhOTFlYzFmZQ== Flex Legal and Accutrainee also do in-house legal training contracts across a range of industries/clients.
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    I wouldn’t expect the need to explicitly claim all of these skills/qualities in a whole application, let alone this question. You can demonstrate some of these elements in the rest of the evidence in your application, such as your work experience but it isn’t necessary to cover all of these...
  20. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    There was a post a while back that suggested that Linklaters typically offer around 80-85% of their VS candidates a TC. That won’t actually be the determiner of your chances though, as if the firm can always hire more people directly if for some reason their VS candidates are not strong enough.

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