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  1. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Just to clarify, anyone who started or completed a law degree or GDL before December 2021 will be eligible to take the LPC route still until 2032. It depends on what each firm is willing to offer you. It will either be: A period of recognised training, where you will need to see three distinct...
  2. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    There is a voluntary code of best recruitment practice that suggests you should withdraw from other recruitment processes, but as mentioned, plenty of people do not do this.
  3. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    On a moral level, you should really be withdrawing from other processes. However, plenty of people do carry on applying to see if they can get an offer that is better for them. Just be mindful that as soon as you accept any support from the firm, whether that be financial or onboarding...
  4. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    You are on the old qualification system then. You are not doing anything related to the SQE, and just need to complete the old process of LPC, Period of Recognised Training and PSC.
  5. TCLA Community Assistant

    Further Timelines for those on Student Visa in UK....

    1) it does depend on the course the firm in putting you on. Not all courses are academic courses (eg an equivalent or a Level 6 or 7 qualification) and may not be eligible for a student visa. In those situations, the post study visa could be used though. For the training contract, most firms...
  6. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    It depends on the nature of the course. If it is an LLM, you would need to complete all modules, including exams as it is a postgraduate course. However, you would not need to sit the SQE1 assessments (these are technically separate to your course anyway) as you are exempt from these. If the...
  7. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    I would say the expectations are different - the exercises are likely to be similar or even the same, but firms will have higher expectations for a TC compared to a VS, because it’s a much bigger commitment, and so they are likely to take fewer risks
  8. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    I think there is confusion here between taking the course and sitting the assessments. A firm may ask you to complete a course that prepares you for SQE1 and SQE2 together. However, the firm cannot make you sit SQE1 exams if you have an exemption. That is not in their power to do so. They can...
  9. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    There is currently no time limit - so you could have passed your LPC 20 years ago, and still be eligible to skip SQE1
  10. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    You won’t be exempt from SQE2 just with the LPC. Firms don’t get to choose this - it’s only in the SRAs control to apply exemptions.
  11. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Amazing news - congratulations!
  12. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    As long as your LPC has been completed and passed, you are exempt from SQE1
  13. TCLA Community Assistant

    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    I can't see there being one - the firms shouldn't be speaking to one another about you due to data protection, and their own regulator has no concerns over the recruitment process.
  14. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    This can be fairly normal, but you could always get in contact with them to ask when you might hear back.
  15. TCLA Community Assistant

    Withdrawing from my TC before beginning the SQE

    This is tricky - and I suspect my advice would be no matter who says what in response to your thread, only you will really know what to do. A couple of points from what you have said though: You have worked hard for your career to date. There if often too much discourse on the effort needed to...
  16. TCLA Community Assistant

    Does the SQE have to be passed before commencing a Training Contract?

    I don’t know the specifics of this poster, but typically firms who allow you to do the SQE alongside the Training Contract extend it to 30 months instead of 24. This is typically where you are on an apprenticeship and 20% of your time is dedicated to learning, and so effectively they add on 20%...
  17. TCLA Community Assistant

    Ideal time to take TCLA premium subscription?

    1) your access to the gold membership works on when your subscriptions starts, and then will end one month later (eg 15 Nov - 14 Dec). 2) the video interview simulator is once per calendar month, like the application reviews (this renews on 1st of each month). 3) The voucher can only be used...
  18. TCLA Community Assistant

    First year grades not fully marked (MX) - please advise

    Many people are in this situation. I wouldn’t worry about it. The firm will look at your modules you have been graded for and your previous academics. There won’t be any implications for your future employment.
  19. TCLA Community Assistant

    Post graduate loan

    Yes - you are still eligible. You don’t have to consider other forms of income into your eligibility
  20. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    No - pointing it out isn’t going to help. Just take it as a mistake to learn from for next time unless you can go in and still edit the form. If so do this and that’s the best you can do really.

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