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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
Are you applying for a Training Contract or a Vacation Scheme? Do you have any previous Vacation Schemes?- Linus
- Post #522
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
After reading about A&OS' grades requirements, I was wondering if my high variance in grades will effect my applications? I averaged a 2:1, but I achieved it through getting both high firsts and 2:2s (mainly 2:1s, but the variation does exist). Will this pattern of grades automatically...- Linus
- Post #498
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Should I shave my beard to become a lawyer?
Hi all, I’ve got a question about presentation for City law applications and interviews. I currently wear a short, well-kept beard (more “corporate beard” than hipster) and I’m wondering if I should shave it off when I start heading into interviews and vac schemes. On the one hand, it’s part...- Linus
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- Forum: General Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
Bumping this question - would it be a 2:1 minimum in every module, or would a yearly average be able to bump it up (i.e. getting first in most, but a 2:2 in one)- Linus
- Post #478
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Hello everybody
Hi everyone, I’ve just finished my degree in Linguistics with Arabic at Warwick (2:1, dissertation on legal language and corpus linguistics, which ended up being both fascinating and punishing in equal measure). I’ll be starting the PGDL at the University of Law this September, with the plan of...- Linus
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