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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
AmazIng news! Delighted for you and just love posts like this. Look forward to seeing you in the Junior Lawyer Community soon!- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Congratulations too! Great to see multiple Freshfields offers so early in their cycle.- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Amazing news - congratulations. You are joining a great firm (assuming you will accept of course!)- TCLA Community Assistant
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Including finance on CV
Personally I would include things like this. Showing you have considered different careers and tired out different skills is not a bad thing as long as you can explain why commercial law is for you.- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
I think it really depends on what else you can take from it. If you have never worked in a law firm, then doing a vacation scheme is going to help on some level even if you don't want to work for that firm. You'll learn about the sector, certain processes etc. However, if you are a paralegal in...- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Of course, not a problem at all.- TCLA Community Assistant
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Womble Question
It is why it has interested you. The "how as a business we could support" part will naturally mean they should be interested in it too.- TCLA Community Assistant
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It isn't rare but not necessarily something that happens a lot. The other thing you could potentially do is explain to the TC firm that you have a VS coming up and would they consider extending the offer period until that scheme ends. However, if this TC is starting within the next 9 months or...- TCLA Community Assistant
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Yes, you can accept and then renege if required. You should look at the terms of both your TC and VS offer to see if there are any terms that would stop you from doing the VS if you have accepted the TC. Depending on what they say, you might need to disclose to either or both firms. Generally...- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Yes it’s quite normal. I’d not tell people to their first day where changes could happen really last minute.- TCLA Community Assistant
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CV Help - positions of responsibility & student societies
This is not a problem at all, especially if you will replace it with other activities. Extra curricular and positions of responsibility don’t have to be society positions - in fact it can often be more interesting when they are not, for all the reasons you have described. Firms are going to...- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
With this, do an approximate calculation: 80% of the vac scheme places and then 80% of that figure If the number is higher than the number of TCs there is a good chance the VS will be more competitive with little to no chance of a direct TC recruitment process. If that number is less than...- TCLA Community Assistant
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Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!
Unless the VS is in the next week or so, I’d try to be patient. If you haven’t received it two weeks after your verbal offer, drop them a quick email just asking when you’d should expect to receive it.- TCLA Community Assistant
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Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!
Can be a couple of weeks. Is your job offer due to start soon or do you need to sign up to the LPC/SQE soon?- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Even if there are stats out there, I would take them with a massive pinch of salt. I have seen conversion rates bounce up and down 25% due to a mixture of circumstances. Just because a conversion rate was X last year, does not mean it would easily be that again.- TCLA Community Assistant
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Help buying/choosing professional clothing (especially for women)
No - won't be a negative for wearing these type of things - people in the office will be wearing similar pieces. Its just about not being too "out there" or flashy with it, but the same could be said for many types of clothing, not just designer items.- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
I'd call them - these things are much easier to portray and discuss in a call rather than via email.- TCLA Community Assistant
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Help buying/choosing professional clothing (especially for women)
Agree with @FS comments above. Wearing a recognised brand isn't really an issue. Plenty of VS'ers will wear designer clothes that show it is such. They just tend to be fairly subtle and not too in your face. With something like shoes, if we take something like Louboutins that are very obvious...- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
If you are working in a well known PE fund, you are likely going to need to disclose it even from a conflict of interest perspective, even if there is nothing in your contract about working second jobs etc. You might find there is not something in your contract, but that a internal policy may...- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
I suspect it might vary from office to office location.- TCLA Community Assistant
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