• Get Everything You Need to Secure a Training Contract
    Now half the price. Join TCLA Premium for £30/month and get step-by-step application support, daily commercial awareness practice, and 700+ successful examples of past applications and interview experiences. Plus so much more.
    Join Premium →
  • SQE Student Panel with BPP
    19 Nov 2025 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (UK) Zoom (registration required)
    Join us for a live student panel with BPP University Law School. We'll be joined by Jonny Hurst, Senior Lecturer in Law at BPP, and current BPP students who will share their advice on passing the SQE.
    Register on Zoom →
  • A Deep Dive Into Reed Smith's Sector Focus (Transportation)
    24 Nov 2025 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (UK) Zoom (registration required)
    Dive into Reed Smith’s transportation practice to see how their legal advice drives the world’s largest shipping, aviation, and logistics businesses, and how trainees can make their mark.
    Register on Zoom →

Search results

  1. Jaysen

    Lyft IPO: A bet on things staying the same?

    Here's an interesting commercial story to follow for future interviews. If you start now, you can watch it develop in real time as both Lyft and Uber head for an IPO (with Uber's listing set to be one of the largest in history). You can also take the story in a variety of directions - the...
  2. Jaysen

    Introducing our Moderators

    Hi All, I'm very happy to introduce our new moderator: @Alice G. She has been a great source of support and knowledge within the forum and we're delighted to have her join the forum team. Please give her a warm welcome!
  3. Jaysen

    Balancing Spring Vacation Scheme with Revision

    That's very tricky. Good luck!
  4. Jaysen

    What do you want to ask a Baker McKenzie trainee?

    We'll be releasing the interview soon :)
  5. Jaysen

    Happy International Women's Day!

    We'll be doing giveaways across all our social media platforms to celebrate International Women's Day. Twitter: https://twitter.com/OfficialTCLA LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-corporate-law-academy/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Corporate-Law-Academy-152182482083752/...
  6. Jaysen

    Hearing Back from Firms + AC & Interview Tips Share - 2018 - 2019

    Definitely. We share many different resources on our platforms that isn't available elsewhere!
  7. Jaysen

    What do you want to ask a Baker McKenzie trainee?

    Hi All, I'm actually doing this tonight. If anyone has any questions they'd like me to ask, let me know!
  8. Jaysen

    Eversheds Application Question

    1. I really like your first answer. You were to the point and covered your activities well. To improve: Drill down on why quality was important to you a little further and not just to the company. Make sure your sentences are clear, there's a few that could be better phrased. "Spreadsheet" is...
  9. Jaysen

    We're launching a commercial video team! Are you interested?

    We think 2019 is the year of video, and we'd love to produce a series of videos to help aspiring lawyers develop their commercial awareness. So, we're inviting applications to join our small commercial video team, which will be led by @MadisonK. You'll be working together to create: Short...
  10. Jaysen

    Weightmans TC Application Question

    Happy to help. What are your thoughts on the question so far?
  11. Jaysen

    Application Reviews

    Hi All, Just a quick reminder: from 1 April, we'll be taking our application reviews out of TCLA Premium and pricing them separately. This will not apply to those who have purchased a three-month subscription already. They will still receive application reviews for the months they have...
  12. Jaysen

    Hearing Back from Firms + AC & Interview Tips Share - 2018 - 2019

    Very impressive, well done! It would also be great to get your perspective on how you feel the application process is a skill (which I completely agree with).
  13. Jaysen

    Free TCLA memberships

    Kicking this back off again: congratulations to @Helena for securing a month of TCLA Premium Version 2.0! You may not know it, but we've definitely noticed your consistent effort in contributing to the forum - thank you for supporting other members!
  14. Jaysen

    Have your first assessment centre coming up? Here's what you need to know

    Hi All, We've been posting advice on LinkedIn and a few other places about how to approach your first assessment centre. Thought I'd put it all together here. Written exercise: Partner Interview: Group exercise: The next one I'll be doing is on case studies, be sure to follow our...
  15. Jaysen

    TCLA Premium - Version 2.0 - now released!

    Hi all, I've received a few messages about this, so just to clarify a few things: We're looking to move existing members over to the classes page (it's easier to manage memberships over there). New subscriptions can now be bought at https://classes.thecorporatelawacademy.com/ rather than via...
  16. Jaysen

    TCLA Premium - Version 2.0 - now released!

    Hi Helena - I believe your premium membership has now expired.

About Us

The Corporate Law Academy (TCLA) was founded in 2018 because we wanted to improve the legal journey. We wanted more transparency and better training. We wanted to form a community of aspiring lawyers who care about becoming the best version of themselves.

Newsletter

Discover the most relevant business news, access our law firm analysis, and receive our best advice for aspiring lawyers.