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  1. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    If you think your profile has substantially changed, then I’d reapply. It is just to stop people reapplying with practically the same profile, and therefore helps to keep applications down.
  2. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    A native speaker in a law firm will notice the mistake - but it isn’t necessarily an absolute reason why an application would be unsuccessful.
  3. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    1) I’d expect it to include activities or responsibilities - basically anything you spend your extra time on 2) there is no need to connect it to your experiences. It is just asking you to show you understand the realities of the job
  4. TCLA Community Assistant

    How Important Are A-Levels?

    Clifford Chance have no academic requirements at all, so won’t need a consistent 2.1 You don’t need to be a particular position in a society. It’s much more the effort your put in and the impact you have in a role rather than the position’s title.
  5. TCLA Community Assistant

    How Important Are A-Levels?

    I wouldn't say that grades don't matter for career changers - they are still looked at for career changers and taken into consideration. You may want to look into career options that have no academic criteria. For instance, the Government Legal Department could be an option. There are a number...
  6. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    I would take the "should" as non-ambiguous. To me, that is pretty definite.
  7. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    If you really like the firm, then yes. If they are non-rolling recruitment, then definitely yes. If you have the time to do so, then yes. If there isn't another opportunity to apply to, then yes.
  8. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA General Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Unfortunately it will vary a lot by organisation - an asset manager/investment bank is likely to be paying much higher than a public sector organisation. Glassdoor might be best the way to try and find out based on the sector that TC is based in.
  9. TCLA Community Assistant

    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    You don’t need to and I’d generally avoid repetition in an application. But I would question why you would need to list your responsibilities in a competency question. I suspect that you’d be covering a specific point within your work experience in the 250 word answer, while the work experience...
  10. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Generally you shouldn’t miss out on these opportunities unless you are going to miss out on something bigger (either your other work or your personal life). But there can often be compromises. - Is what you are working on time urgent or can it be delayed? - Could you get into the office early...
  11. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Yes, that is fine. Anything within the last 6-12 months is generally fine.
  12. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    You can’t encourage more fly in fly out work either! Firms have to record how many days are spent there, both by individual lawyers and the firm as a whole and ensure they don’t go over a particular limit (well that used to be the case anyway - I don’t know if that’s changed recently).
  13. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Agree with this - it is something people have been talking about since I started in Graduate Recruitment (scarily nearly two decades now) and the Indian market has never opened up, and if anything has become a bit tougher in that time.
  14. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    You could open more than one office in a country - so it could be in a different city/region in a country where they already have an office. Try to think of ways in which having an office in a particular location (city/state/region) may help to support a growing number of clients in that area...
  15. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    It's forum shorthand for "please f**k off" - forums like ours have used it in a very lighthearted and colloquial way to say when you have been rejected Urban Dictionary: PFO
  16. TCLA Community Assistant

    Ask TCLA's New Community Managers Anything!

    Why don't you want to use your work experience? I am not really convinced that turning up early is a strong enough example. I think you can say one of your values is being respectful to others, and then I would focus more on how you have done this with people's different opinions/approaches...
  17. TCLA Community Assistant

    Guidance for work in the United Kingdom

    It is a possibility, but is not straight forward. You will need experience in English law to work at a qualified/senior level for any organisation based in England and Wales. The issue with India is because their market is so protected, your exposure to English law is naturally going to be very...
  18. TCLA Community Assistant

    Guidance for work in the United Kingdom

    Then your options are either to gain at least three years experience in India + take the SQE exams and then transfer across as a qualified associate. The safer bet is probably trying to secure a U.K. TC though. The difficulty you have is there is that you’ll be qualified as soon as you have...
  19. TCLA Community Assistant

    Guidance for work in the United Kingdom

    A qualified in-house role will generally need the same type of experience as a qualified role in private practice, so will need at least a two year TC and passing any examinations to become qualified. Many in-house roles will need more qualified experience though and may say something like...
  20. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Try to think of any examples where a commercial considerations or an outcome were needed, even if it was on a really minor scale. For instance, have you had to sell something and think about how you would maximise sales? Have you had to consider who your target audience/customer base was? Have...

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