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  1. James Wakefield

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Yeah most people will be talking about Spring on here, for which the deadline has already passed. Summer is fine.
  2. James Wakefield

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Yeah. I saw someone had heard back on here but I think it’s not very many so far? Just wondering if I was wrong about that.
  3. James Wakefield

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Have many people had the RPC WG or are most still waiting?
  4. James Wakefield

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Taylor Wessing PFO but Dentons VI!
  5. James Wakefield

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Hi @Jessica Booker or anyone who can help. I want to use the rare word ‘intrapreneurial’ in one of my law applications but All Hires is not recognising it as a word, and have put a red squiggly line beneath it. If I use this word, am I risking the law firm thinking I’ve misspelt...
  6. James Wakefield

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    Maybe. I know some people did receive WGs after applying on the deadline, don’t know if these are London though. I applied 5 days before. All I know is my CMS application was a lot better than last year but didn’t get through for some reason.
  7. James Wakefield

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Congrats! Is this for London?
  8. James Wakefield

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    There are a range of free tools on the internet that will ‘scan’ your application answers for ‘AI’. One is GPTZero. I don’t know how accurate/reliable these are but you could always run future answers through one of these to check its not flagging AI material.
  9. James Wakefield

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Sorry to hear that. Was this for London?
  10. James Wakefield

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    CMS PFO post-app. I got the WG last year and my application was less tailored and not as good. Maybe they don’t consider you a second time/got too many apps this year?
  11. James Wakefield

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I am Just about to apply! Have they just started reviewing applications?
  12. James Wakefield

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Looking back it took my 10 days last year before I got the WG. I think they do screen beforehand, but maybe the different speeds are to do with the offices people are applying for?
  13. James Wakefield

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Is it about a week on average that people have waited for the CMS WG? I applied last weekend and assuming they’re busy with lots of late applications to screen.
  14. James Wakefield

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Late October.
  15. James Wakefield

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Dentons online test invite 😁
  16. James Wakefield

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Thanks! Is it Assessment Day and is the test the same as Addleshaw Goddard (if you know?)
  17. James Wakefield

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Hi- I went to their London Insight Day and they confirmed they are non-rolling. So absolutely worth applying to them! I’m going to write my app later in December.
  18. James Wakefield

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Just received notice of the TW tests. Any advice for these?
  19. James Wakefield

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    No they screen first.
  20. James Wakefield

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    An absolute nightmare! I’ve just emailed them as I also pressed ‘update’ on the application, wondering if it would take me to a page allowing me to see the whole thing. Now worried it’s changed the date of my submission…

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