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

    At around 11pm on Thursday night.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    I honestly don’t remember my answers for each cycle, but I assume it must have been quite different. At around 12am
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Received my feedback report for Linklaters today and had ‘respect’ as my lowest scoring attributes. I am quite shocked because it’s actually one of my highest scoring attributes for the past 2 cycles? In real life, I can also genuinely say that respect is probably the attribute that I am most...
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Thank you. I have taken a few commercial law modules during my undergraduate, but I would like to use my postgraduate as an opportunity to explore some areas of law that I never had the opportunity to study (environmental law, human rights law etc). So am I correct in saying that commercial...
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Hi @Jessica Booker. Do law firms expect you to take commercial law modules at postgraduate level? Or is it not something that is usually taken into consideration? Thanks.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Received an invite for the Simmons & Simmons written exercise and vid interview. Would love to hear about other people's experience if anyone has done it.

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