• Get Everything You Need to Secure a Training Contract
    Now half the price. Join TCLA Premium for £30/month and get step-by-step application support, daily commercial awareness practice, and 700+ successful examples of past applications and interview experiences. Plus so much more.
    Join Premium →
  • Office Hours with BCLP (Live Q&A)
    17 December 2025 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm (UK) Hosted on TCLA TV
    Join Isabel Elsey, Legal Recruitment Manager at BCLP, for a live Q&A session. Get details on secondments, innovation, growth areas, and everything else you’ve wanted to ask about life at BCLP!

    📺 View Event →

Search results

  1. L

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    @Jessica Booker @Chris Brown thanks both!
  2. L

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Does anyone know if Burges Salmon are strict with their A-Level grade requirements?
  3. L

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    Does anyone know if Burges Salmon are strict with their A-Level grade requirements?
  4. L

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    Sorry, I meant in terms of would a legal assistant role be valued more than an admin assistant one, in the grand scheme of things?
  5. L

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    Bit of a silly question but is there much of a distinction between an admin assistant role (at a law firm) and a legal assistant role?
  6. L

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Was indeed the working week and it is indeed a pfo - for Michelmores post test!
  7. L

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I don’t think so to be fair, but smart casual never fails!
  8. L

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Michelmores and I’ve just remembered that it’s bank holiday weekend so it must be Friday (today) 😬
  9. L

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    When grad recruitment tells you that they’ll be giving a response by the end of this week, do we think they mean the working week or is it possible they mean by the end of Sunday?
  10. L

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Any updates re michelmores for anyone?
  11. L

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    I honestly think that literally anything is 'good', it's just how you speak about it. I believe that drawing out the skills/ things you've learnt from any form of experience is a skill in itself that gets tested by firms/grad rec etc
  12. L

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    I understand that circumstances can change but this genuinely isn’t fair. For things like this, which are arguably foreseeable for a law firm, surely they should leave an ‘FYI’ of some sort on applications before people start applying??
  13. L

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Hope Michelmores sends out something today 🙏🏼
  14. L

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    Has anyone applied to Burges Salmons DTC yet?
  15. L

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Has anyone applied to Burges Salmons DTC yet?
  16. L

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    For the vac scheme!
  17. L

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Has anyone heard back from michelmores post test?
  18. L

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I don't even wanna talk about how the VI went... I didn't think I would be nervous but when it came down to it??? Shaky, quiet voice was really in full force lol 😭
  19. L

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I think I could genuinely cry with how badly my amberjack test went. I'm trying to be kind to myself in that it was my first experience with anything of this sort, but I am so disappointed and upset -apologies for the self pity
  20. L

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    What is the best way to prepare for a VI? I've never done one of these before so have no idea what to expect!!

About Us

The Corporate Law Academy (TCLA) was founded in 2018 because we wanted to improve the legal journey. We wanted more transparency and better training. We wanted to form a community of aspiring lawyers who care about becoming the best version of themselves.

Get Our 2026 Vacation Scheme Guide

Nail your vacation scheme applications this year with our latest guide, with sample answers to law firm questions.

    Share this page

    Community platform by XenForo® © 2010-2022 XenForo Ltd. | Style and add-ons by ThemeHouse | Community services from Audentio
    XenCarta 2 PRO © Jason Axelrod of 8WAYRUN
    Top Bottom