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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
No - unlikely to contact until you are invited to interview. The earliest may be if they are considering inviting you to interview. Many firms won’t follow up with referees until an offer is made.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #6,546
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Firms tend to use different case studies within the recruitment for the same vacancy. They often have a suite of different versions that they vary among candidates to ensure a level of fairness. So it’s not necessary that they will be different between vacancies, they are likely to use the same...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #6,535
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Ask TCLA's New Community Managers Anything!
It is an open question that means it can be interpreted in many different ways. To some people stating practice areas or the type of work will be an appropriate answer, while for others it is not, and could be taken in the direction you have stated instead.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #115
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Linklaters' critical reasoning test
The recruitment will be very different - mainly because of the volumes of candidates. It is possible they are using the same form of assessment as the trainees, but I would expect it to be different for a number of different reasons. I would ask your recruiter (whether via an agency or the...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #6
- Forum: General Discussion
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Linklaters' critical reasoning test
It is likely to be a separate assessment to the trainee route if you are applying for an associate role. Which location/office is this for?- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #3
- Forum: General Discussion
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Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!
I personally wouldn’t update it as you haven’t been in the role yet, so you don’t really have a description to update them on. You can update the firm if/when they invite you to the next stage by saying you have recently secured a paralegal role.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #4,994
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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how to convey a break in work experience on a application form?
This is really common. You can either put two entries or you can include one set of dates in the entry and the the other set of dates to the description. So you could put something like: “In addition, completed ad-hoc shifts over the 2021 Christmas holidays” if you put your original dates of...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #2
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
It might be that they classify some types of work experience as more important (for instance if you have had to choose a category of employment) or may choose to go by start date rather than end date (or vice versa). But even if its not any of that, I wouldn't worry about it - it is clearly...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #6,493
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
It won’t really make any difference if they are rolling or not in all honesty. Its more likely to be down to the size of the team. A team of 4-5 people, it’s likely at least one person is working to cover phones/emails. If the team is 1-2 people, they could easily just be out on annual leave (or...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #6,491
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Some will and some won’t.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #6,487
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Case-study structure
@Dheepa is still part of the TCLA forum team and so will be able to respond in time.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #18
- Forum: Interviews Discussion
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Factors important for lateral transfers?
No - they won’t necessarily be similar at all. They may not even be similar within a band of PQE associates within the same team, let alone the same firm, let alone across firms that are similar from a branding perspective. A strong performer is much more likely to receive more autonomy faster...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #4
- Forum: General Discussion
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Factors important for lateral transfers?
Levels of responsibility Clients worked for Complexity of the work completed Level of autonomy for work given Qualified to practice outside of the UK Seats completed as a trainee (because that will potentially show your knowledge of other practice areas) The relevancy of secondments really...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #2
- Forum: General Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
You still have to represent clients and you won’t always win cases - it’s part of being a litigator, so I don’t think it’s an issue mentioning it as long as you explain what it was about the case that made it interesting to you.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #6,460
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
It won’t necessarily be a standardised test if via Amberjack. They design bespoke tests for firms.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #6,454
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
So many people apply over the Christmas break - it really isn’t an issue.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #6,445
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
I’d say that is up to 23.59 on the 28th December.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #6,412
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!
No - they can’t do this but there is no reason why they would even ask. You have to look at this in a different light. This is not about scrutiny - this is just the firm ask you who else you have applied to so they can see what motivates you and whether they are the right firm for you.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #4,990
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Ohhhh harsh 😬- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #798
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Presentation at AC
Something like football is fine to talk about in a presentation, but I’d try to present on something very specific within the topic. A good proportion of candidates are likely to be able to talk about football in this type of assessment. So try to think of a more intellectual element to it -...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #2
- Forum: Interviews Discussion