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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5
Hi @Jessica Booker @Amma Usman and anyone who can help , A current TC app for an international commercial firm has the question "why you want to become a solicitor?". Can I talk about commercial law or international matters at all? Should I only speak about "why solicitor" generally...- t-0147
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5
I wish that if behavioral assessments or SJT include WG elements, it is disclosed. How can people who require adjustments ask for them if they they don't know they need to?- t-0147
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5
"Tell us about any open days and events that you have attended in the legal sector" Does this include things like internships? Or only Law Fairs, webinars and open days?- t-0147
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5
Bird & Bird specify their AC is in-person. Other firms make allowances for online ACs for situations like living abroad. Anyone know what Bird & Bird's stance is? Thanks- t-0147
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5
Hi all, I am planning to apply next intake but have been out of the legal waters a few years working abroad. I am British and currently live overseas, so I assume direct TCs are my best option (since we are long past the COVID days of online VS). I did a VS back when assessment centres were...- t-0147
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
I got PFO yesterday- t-0147
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Watson Farley Williams Direct TC 2024 Status Tracker
They are sending out offers this week (at least to the vac schemers)- t-0147
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Help buying/choosing professional clothing (especially for women)
I have popped onto this thread in a post-exam/pre-vac scheme panic and it has been such a help. My question is about blazers. At school it was trained into me that being seen without a blazer is unacceptable (we were even reprimanded for it). I am planning to bring a blazer every day but how...- t-0147
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TCLA General Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Networking/career dinner question : it starts at 6, what time should I get there? Is this a show up early or on-time kind of thing?- t-0147
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
I've seen people mention they have AC invites from a couple weeks back so I have assumed PFO by this point- t-0147
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
WFW vac scheme!!!!!- t-0147
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Had 2 ACs in the past week, rejection from 1 so far and have heard nothing from my other 7 firms in over a month. I believe this is what they call being in limbo...- t-0147
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
No, there were two aspects of prep-time (the second was introduced to stimulate working under time pressure and changing situations I imagine) and it was applied to the first and not the second, so my "pressure" was exactly that haha- t-0147
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
I would PM but don't know how! I got my extra time sorted as soon as I got the invite, they even called to tell me how it would work so I was feeling at ease. On the day however they implemented it in one aspect of the case study exercise but not the second, it may have seemed like a minor thing...- t-0147
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Has anyone else had just absolute failures from firms in regards to reasonable adjustments? I had my first one in an AC yesterday- t-0147
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