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17 December 2025
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm (UK)
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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!
It's definitely worth a shot! Please don't be discouraged by the open day rejection! I’ve progressed to the assessment centre stage after previously being rejected for an open day with the same firm (multiple times). Open day invites are dependent on several factors ; for example, if they felt...
I am reapplying for a firm that i reached the test/VI last year. But I don't know how much to change to their questions of 'Why firm'? If anybody could help, I would greatly appreciate it!
Hi @vera.mekhonoshina @ZNadeem @Amma Usman
Could you help me structure an answer to this question? I'm not sure how to include so many elements in an answer. - Please outline the skills you possess that make you well suited to a career as a commercial solicitor and explain why you believe...
Please describe a challenging situation you have faced and explain how you approached it. - for this question, is it all right to mention a situation in which a customer got angry at you and you resolved the situation/ would it better to focus on some other situation like how you dealt with a...
Quick question- how do you get TCL A Gold this year? I can’t seem to find it on the main page like I did last year. The only option I see is Premium. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Hello @ZNadeem
I wanted to apply to Mayer brown but I really would like to attend an open day before I submit my application. So, is it better to wait until after the open day to apply, or should I just submit earlier? The open day would be towards the end of October and Mayer Brown is rolling.
Hi @vera.mekhonoshina @ZNadeem
For the Sidley question : In your view which personal qualities make a successful lawyer?
Would it be appropriate here to weave in examples of how you have demonstrated these qualities, or would that be straying too much from the question?
Also for the...
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