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  1. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Only put the locations you are actually willing to work in (and beyond the training contract). I doubt they need to know your GCSEs but if your grades are ok - I would include them any way.
  2. TCLA Community Assistant

    A&O Winter Vac Scheme 2022

    This is amazing news - congratulations!
  3. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    This post and the article it links to might help: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/ask-tclas-new-community-managers-anything.4399/post-93792
  4. TCLA Community Assistant

    Should I reassess my career?

    They don't even need to do three seats if they choose to qualify via the SQE. The three seats might help qualify via equivalent means, but for a traditional training contract, their employer would need to be a recognised trainer.
  5. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Stating deals or cases is fine in the manner you are talking about if you are clearly tieing back to you/your motivations. They firm doesn't know about them!
  6. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    I think this is trying to get you to think about careers events, seminars, Forage/virtual internships, other forms of learning, networking etc. It may also be your extra curricular activities too.
  7. TCLA Community Assistant

    Help with TLT Vac Scheme questions?

    99% of the times, it means the the day of the deadline. For some firms that might mean 5.30pm or 6.00pm in the evening (when their office closes), but in the vast majority of cases, it will mean 23.59
  8. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Yes, that is not a problem. You may want to make a brief reference that you hope to convert the vacation scheme to make this clearer as to why you are including it.
  9. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    For most questions, only around 2-3 minutes, possibly slightly over 3 (but that would be the same in a face-to-face assessment too).
  10. TCLA Community Assistant

    Changes in the legal sector?

    Here are some articles that might give you a good starting point: Law 2023 - The future of the legal industry isn't what it used to be - Businessday NG Future Trends for Legal Services (deloitte.com) Legal Marketing & Industry Trends Shaping 2023 By Linchpin SEO
  11. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Which firm?
  12. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    No - they wouldn't hold ACs later if there was no need for the candidates.
  13. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    You can, although there is a chance they won’t be able to add it to your application. No harm in asking though.
  14. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    I tend to find firms that are headquartered outside of London do have a very different approach. But the importance of diversity is why many firms are using contextualised algorithms like Rare combined with other assessments, whether that be a video interview or a psychometric test (and in...
  15. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Yes, there are plenty of firms who don’t use such assessments and still have success with their recruitment process that is relevant to them. And that’s the thing about individual firms, they all have different aims/objectives with their recruitment processes. What works for one firm shouldn’t...
  16. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    I’ll explain why video interviews are used. Firms used to rely on extra curriculars and grades, like you suggested is the better approach, for many years. But there used to be a massive impact on the diversity of candidates, particularly relating to social mobility, ethnicity and disability...
  17. TCLA Community Assistant

    Help with TLT Vac Scheme questions?

    For the first question: Yes - any business works. I have seen a real variety for these type of questions. It doesn’t have to be a law firm. It literally can be any organisation you identify as being successful and are able to explain what TLT can learn from that organisation. For the second...
  18. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    It isn’t HR that does that. It’s their supervisors/head of department. Generally it would be less work flow, less interesting work flow, resulting in less hours, less chance of development. As a result, lawyers will find it harder to get higher performance review measures and in turn get lower...
  19. TCLA Community Assistant

    Pre-SQE Paralegal Work

    I would do both! You’ll be in high demand if you have secured a TC.
  20. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Having some basic numeric understanding is actually pretty reasonable for many practice areas in commercial law - its something you'll need to be comfortable with anyway, even if it isn't something you use day in day out. The assessments are likely to be more basic than accountancy or investment...

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