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    Application Questions as a Career Changer

    Makes sense! I also work law-esque hours, so hopefully a mix of out-of-job-description tasks + outside of work hobbies can pull through. Do you have any advice in terms of referrals? I am tempted to put my current employer down, but am very concerned that it would be held against me at work...
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    Application Questions as a Career Changer

    Question: Some application questions look specific to University students. How can one answer as a career changer? Some context: After I completed the LPC and failed to secure a training contract (a heartbreaking event after attending 7 assessment centres that year), I have been working...
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    Linklaters

    Anyone else has serious issues inputting their University modules? ALL of my Year 4 modules do not exist, and it does not seem to cater to students who went on exchange as none of the exchange University's modules appear. This is getting rather frustrating as only 30% of my modules actually can...
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    Vacation Scheme Deadlines 2021/2022 - Law Firm List with Opening and Closing Dates

    Would it be helpful to update the list with whether each firm's vacation scheme application is judged on a rolling basis?
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Hiya, I got the interview invite in June and the AC invite a week after the interview in mid-July. If I'm not wrong, my AC was the last round they were holding.
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    AC invite from Dentons on first round of TC applications, but rejected after the AC. Appreciated the experience and feedback though.

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