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  1. TCLA Community Assistant

    need advice

    I know a lot of people who have felt like this. It is very common, it’s just not a lot of people talk about it (when they should). Is this for a vacation scheme or a training contract? One option is to explain to the firm your current circumstances and saying you’d like to focus on catching up...
  2. TCLA Community Assistant

    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    I can’t be 100% sure - but from using the platform before it means 23.59 on the date stated. It’s a bit of a oddity of the Launchpad platform that it defaults to 00:00 but really means 23:59.
  3. TCLA Community Assistant

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

    It’s unlikely to be the U.K. grad rec team working on Christmas Day. It is likely they have either outsourced their application screening or there is some form of delay in the emails being sent out (sometimes they are sent the next day by default after an application is reviewed and processed).
  4. TCLA Community Assistant

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

    Something like “Speaking to trainees at the Legal Cheek Law Fair” won’t be any worse than “ Speaking to Joe Bloggs at the Legal Cheek Law Fair”, so I really wouldn’t worry about this.
  5. TCLA Community Assistant

    Scenario-based questions

    These questions are meant to be focused on how you would handle that specific situation. It is difficult to rely on past examples where you may have taken a similar approach as it is not the same scenario (people/environment/timelines etc will all be different). I have seen people briefly refer...
  6. TCLA Community Assistant

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

    If this is for an application, do you really need to name them? I doubt this will add value to your application.
  7. TCLA Community Assistant

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

    Yes - that is perfectly acceptable
  8. TCLA Community Assistant

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

    It depends what the introduction is covering. If it is a summary of what you are going to say, then it isn’t needed.
  9. TCLA Community Assistant

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

    It really depends on the context. If you are saying it as a name/title it will be, if you are just saying it more generally in a sentence, e.g. I want to work in international arbitration - then it won’t. If you are ever unsure, look at how the firm you are applying to writes it in body copy...
  10. TCLA Community Assistant

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

    If you ran out of word count in another section, this type of question shouldn’t be used to just go into the detail you could have provided elsewhere.
  11. TCLA Community Assistant

    Guidance for work in the United Kingdom

    What are you really looking for? A long term career in the U.K. or just an ability to qualify in the U.K.?
  12. TCLA Community Assistant

    Guidance for work in the United Kingdom

    I don’t know which firms have Indian desks unfortunately. You might be able to do some digging by searching for people on LinkedIn. However, I’d expect it to be any large firm which has a strong connection to an Indian law firm.
  13. TCLA Community Assistant

    Guidance for work in the United Kingdom

    Please could you clarify what you mean by the work experience route? With the SQE coming in, there are no set timeframes with the training contract route unfortunately. For one firm you could potentially start a TC as soon as your LLM is over and you could complete the SQE assessments during...
  14. TCLA Community Assistant

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

    Can be lots of non-legal roles too. CVmail is a platform used by many types of orgaisations. I might also just be down and because it is NYE, there is little support to fix it. It might also purposely be out as they do maintenance work to the platform.
  15. TCLA Community Assistant

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

    CV Mail always crashes on days where there is a peak of application deadlines. It’s one of the reasons to avoid applying on deadline day!
  16. TCLA Community Assistant

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

    Then Slaughters aren’t quite correct in their logic. If all firms do stick to the 15th September rule (many don’t) then that only applies to people who are in the penultimate year of their undergraduate degree. People in their final year or who have graduated only have 4 weeks to accept an...
  17. TCLA Community Assistant

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

    What platform is the interview on?
  18. TCLA Community Assistant

    Guidance for work in the United Kingdom

    Based on what they have said, yes - its the most likely route given their current level of experience.
  19. TCLA Community Assistant

    Guidance for work in the United Kingdom

    Yes, you are right - working as an associate in the UK is highly unlikely if you have no experience. Firms will typically discount around a minimum of three years worth of experience for non-UK qualified lawyer roles to get to (what is their opinion) the same level of experience a UK qualified...
  20. TCLA Community Assistant

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

    Are you a penultimate year undergraduate?

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