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  1. A worried paralegal

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    Seems I am not allowed to go into detail but it's nothing crazy
  2. A worried paralegal

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    I recall there being a generic why the firm question. It's a part of an amberjack assessment so it will take 30 mins min total.
  3. A worried paralegal

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Maybe throw an application at the big 4 (law or non-law) as they don't take long and have good training plus exit opps
  4. A worried paralegal

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Gateley PFO after VI
  5. A worried paralegal

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    There is a competency question or two and only one take per question
  6. A worried paralegal

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    What do you need to know?
  7. A worried paralegal

    Howden Legal Internship

    I have heard nothing yet.
  8. A worried paralegal

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Nobody really knows. Perhaps you are right.
  9. A worried paralegal

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Maybe see if firms offer TCs after the spring vs is done as if so, there might be less spaces in the summer.
  10. A worried paralegal

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I’d maybe try to expand in a way that the word count limits such as going into a particular deal or case or a past open day etc.
  11. A worried paralegal

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    You have mentioned something very true there Going up the ranks tends to move people away rather than towards living near London. One of the perks of being allowed hybrid is that these partners don’t have to commute as much.
  12. A worried paralegal

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    Two (yes that’s all)
  13. A worried paralegal

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    It’s that the largest firms are based there , highest salaries and usually first dibs on work as well as having foreign clients usually flow through there.
  14. A worried paralegal

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    I’ve applied to Macs and Ashurst in the past
  15. A worried paralegal

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    And to add, Scotland and especially NI tend to pay disproportinately worse. I have seen a few firms that pay close to 40 in London and close to the minimum in Belfast. Dubai tends to have salaries between Bristol and London
  16. A worried paralegal

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Bristol tends to pay more than the North and Birmingham but is more expensive yet the gap is enough to beat London overall 66k in Bristol is equal to 93in London for example
  17. A worried paralegal

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    AI softwares can have varying criteria for what is AI. If I were you I’d write a few random sentences and see what the Quillbot % is.
  18. A worried paralegal

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    You’re the first I have seen to get it so congrats
  19. A worried paralegal

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Based on the assessment criteria etc I’d guess that having a “strong” comment means that the initial benchmark was passed for the application to make the proper pool
  20. A worried paralegal

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Almost as bad as the workday applications that say that your experiences were impressive

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