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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Sent you a PM :)
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Thank you! I've booked it for 4th March. And yes I emailed around a week ago to get my result. They came back super quickly.
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Thanks! Got the WG invite on 24th Jan and completed it on 29th.
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Freshfields AC invite just came through for direct TC
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    I also emailed them on 10th Feb to ask for my WG result and they said they're still reviewing!
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Still waiting post-WG!
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    OK, that makes sense and is essentially what I was expecting to be the case. Thank you!
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    @Jessica Booker I was wondering what weighting Freshfields place on the original application form and the Watson Glaser result when it comes to selecting AC candidates for the training contract? I emailed in and was told I was in the 99th percentile for WG results (still kind of half expecting...
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    They didn't but the auto response I got prior to them replying said they are still screening applications.
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Re Freshfields TC: I hadn't heard anything post-WG so I emailed asking for my result and they replied very quickly, telling me in which percentile I was placed.
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    Bristows video interview

    Thanks, did the interview on Saturday morning and there was indeed a competency based question.
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    Bristows video interview

    Hi, sorry to dig up an old thread but I've been invited to the Bristows VI and was wondering what kind of thing I should expect them to ask? I assume why law and why Bristows but is there any curveball usually?
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    GDL results and TC applications

    Out of interest, why do firms care more about your undergraduate results than the GDL? I got a mid 2:1 at undergrad but a very high distinction in the GDL. Is it not a little counterintuitive to fixate more on undergrad modules that are entirely irrelevant to law?
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