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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
They don’t necessarily have the resource to screen hundreds of applications to find suitable candidates. Recruiting for paralegal roles is not easy - high attrition, lots of applicants but not necessarily committed to the roles. I wouldn’t worry about being rejected by the same firm for a...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #3,110
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
No - that’s not an issue at all. The worst they can say is no.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #14,990
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Hogan Lovells question
Did it become a registered business? If so yes. If it was more the securing funding via pitches, I would leave it for an extra information question or extracurriculars question.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #48
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
Font size 10 is ok but make sure the cover letter is not just squished all together. The combinations of font size 10, narrow margins, narrow line spacing or long paragraphs is not going to make your cover letter easy or appealing to read. From their website:- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #3,089
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
I don’t think there should be overlap. Work experience should be the jobs you have been paid or volunteered to do. Positions of responsibility should be extracurricular activities. You can do extracurricular activities in the workplace though - for instance, you might have been part of a...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #3,086
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Regards, LegallyBrown
For the stickability point, the way to tackle that is not really about highlighting the skills (that shows your competence), it’s more about clearly articulating your motivations and why this is now what you definitely want to do rather than just something you could do. My sense (on the very...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #4
- Forum: My Training Contract Journey
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Hogan Lovells question
You did have success in securing the funding - I would focus on that aspect of the success. But you do need to explain why you were innovative or entrepreneurial in this example - just because it was a start up, you can’t assume that comes across in the answer, so be explicit in explaining why...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #46
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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How difficult is it to get a VS being mid 20s and already qualified in another country?
Many firms will expect you to sit the SQE before the training contract, so you will need to factor that into the timing. The other challenge you have is that when you pass the SQE you be a qualified lawyer in England and Wales, as foreign qualified lawyers don’t have to accumulate qualifying...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #7
- Forum: Vacation Schemes Discussion
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How difficult is it to get a VS being mid 20s and already qualified in another country?
Your age is not an issue here at all - average age of a trainee is 28, and if you said vacation scheme students are recruited three years in advance, that puts you right at the average. And that is actually your biggest challenge. Firms typically recruit trainees 2-3 years in advance, and use...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #3
- Forum: Vacation Schemes Discussion
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Hogan Lovells question
Personally, I would suggest finding something you had more impact on and had more responsibility for. Academia is a personal and individual pursuit - how well you do doesn’t generally impact anyone else. I therefore don’t think this really hits the “upping your game” aspect of this question to...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #43
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
Possibly not - the Scottish qualification system is different and you’d need to check what additional qualifications you would need of undertake to complete the Scottish qualification route. However, I have heard of SQE Scottish TCs and in these instances, as you’d effectively be qualifying as...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #14,977
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Regards, LegallyBrown
Thank you for taking the time to post and tell us your story. Firstly, there is a massive gulf between the firms you have applied to and the high street. There will be hundreds of firms that will provide your much more similar work to the likes of K&E than a high street firm. It is good you...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #2
- Forum: My Training Contract Journey
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Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!
It isn’t absolutely standard. Sometimes this information (where and when you need to turn up) is in your offer letter/employment contract. I’d say it’s fairly normal for there to be some kind of contact in the two weeks leading up to the start of the internship, but it isn’t always necessary...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #5,573
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!
I wouldn’t know what’s going on in this particular instance. However, what I would stress is that the summer can be an exceptionally busy time for graduate recruitment and not getting a response to an email can be fairly normal. It could also be that they are waiting for certain information...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #5,571
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
Was the second shortly after the first? Just trying to understand if you had time to work on the feedback between them?- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #3,067
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
Do you mean twice within a vacation scheme or across two different schemes? Just asking as this may change my advice slightly, especially if it is more than two vacation schemes.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #3,064
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
Have your grades been confirmed? I would wait until you have your degree certificate, even if this is before any official graduation ceremony. For instance, I got my degree confirmed at the end of July but my graduation as such was not until August/September. However, I know things are a bit...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #14,972
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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research advice
You don’t have to know everything. It’s about knowing what is important/of interest to you well in depth and then having a more basic understanding of the areas of less interest to you.- TCLA Community Assistant
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
No harm in doing so, but I think they would tell you if you needed to bring one.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #3,047
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
Ok - then in this instance I would try to identify the variables you would need to consider and who you have got to support you. Ultimately explaining you did not make an error is going to be important both short term and long term though - how you go about that is what you need to discuss here...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #14,961
- Forum: Applications Discussion