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  1. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    I can't provide specific advice on individual firm's video interviews unfortunately.
  2. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA General Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Hi @samni - I will flag to the team, but I think this is still the right link
  3. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    There really isn't any set amount of time. Some people can send a successful application off with little preparation. Others will spend many days pouring over an application. I would do what is right for you and for that application to that specific firm.
  4. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Hi everyone - just to say January is our peak time in the forums and I won't be able to answer everyone's questions. A lot of what I typically answer can be found using the forum search function where the same questions have been asked before, so I would encourage you to use this as you are...
  5. TCLA Community Assistant

    Paralegal work after LPC?

    I would start looking 6-8 weeks before you are available. Most paralegal roles have a fairly short recruitment process and want people to start fairly soon.
  6. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    I don’t know the specifics of the firm - sorry that I cannot help on this occasion.
  7. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    No - they won’t go back and look at your previous insight day application. There is an element of being “judged” on the day, even if not formally. People make judgements on one another based on their interactions. There have been people whose applications I have been hoping to receive after...
  8. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Recruitment for open days/insight programmes is a very different process. The firm won’t see it as a waste of money at all. In fact, it’s a much cheaper way to find the talent you want.
  9. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    It is a subjective process not an objective one, even with all the good will and infrastructure/policy to put things in place to make the process as consistent and fair as possible. That is the thing about it being all about individual human beings - you can’t make it objective. As I said to...
  10. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    I know people without firsts who have got into Slaughters (and even recently).
  11. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    I don’t think this is necessarily reflective of all trainees - it may just but a reflection of the people you know.
  12. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    I would echo this. They are probably only interviewing less than 50 people too, so around 1 in 20-25 people will get an interview. That is probably less than the people that have attended their open days/careers events etc.
  13. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Someone like me. A human being having to make marginal decisions on the smallest of points. I don’t envy anyone who screens applications!
  14. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Hi everyone, Just a polite reminder about our community rules which can be found here: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/help/terms/ In particular, I’d like to point out our follow thoughts:
  15. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Hi @hopefullawyer123 - you don't need to directly link it to a career in commercial law/being a lawyer, but you may want to think about what elements of your characteristics align well with being a lawyer and focus on those aspects that have shaped those elements to you. Any examples are going...
  16. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Highly unlikely for most firms, especially missing the first week of one scheme as you need to go through a whole load of onboarding processes. But it has been known - its just rare.
  17. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    You can apply, but I think you’d get filtered out at some point in the process anyway. For a city like Bristol and specifically for VS applications, they will not be wanting people who are trying to build their CV up, they will be looking for potential TC converts who are committed to the region.
  18. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    You can talk about the personal aspects that tie you to the location outside of work, but I would try to also include anything about the specifics of the work that the firm does in that office too.
  19. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Because they want to make sure you are committed to that location. Regional firms have had decades of people trying to game the recruitment system by thinking if they apply to a less popular office, they can be successful in the recruitment process and then try to upgrade the offer to the...
  20. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    There are usually a handful of mistakes in a CV - I still find the occasional one in mine every time I review it. At one of the firms I worked for 99% of their trainees (the people they hired) had a mistake on their application.

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