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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    accepted onto LL's 'Link Up 2025'! :)
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    anyone else still not heard back from HL post-wg for the summer VS? should I assume a PFO?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Thank you :) ahh thanks for the heads up - j was going to do a few of those things because I thought it would show I’m keen but that makes a lot more sense!!!
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    hi, a bit random but I have a university dinner with alumni tomorrow (with v high-ranked people eg partners at mc/sc firms, barristers, future trainees). how can I best prepare? I've already retraced their linkedin profiles and chatgpt'd some questions to ask them, but I find it hard to make...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    bro is HL just ghosting ppl post-app/do they still have spaces to fill for their summer VS? I'm so on edge🥹
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    has anyone else still not heard back from hl post-wg? if the last Acs are in mid-march (next week ish) and they give at least a few days's notice then does that mean we'll be PFO'd soon?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    firstly, good luck and well done to reaching this stage! yes of course -reach out to as many as you can because they may not all reply in time for the ac.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Congrats! Please could you share some advice on passing Linklater's AC :)
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    appreciate it! :) before the VI
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    it's a shame but you did really well to get to those stages :)
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    if anyone has emailed HL for apps that are pending, have you heard anything yet? :)
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    hmm that makes sense for your circumstances - no wonder you're debating it! :)
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    nah cos respectfully why would people take a 40k salary in the north over 100k for the job at the exact same firm in London (obviously I get that ppl may want to stay in the north but as a northerner myself I want GTFO and move to London esp cos it's busy and wayyyy more diverse - and the money...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I was literally going to post about this aha. no I haven't I don't want to annoy them 😭
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    lol I love the hearts and fun little party hats - had a bad day but this cheered me up :)
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Hi Andrei, thank you so much for your kind words and wisdom :) It's a relief especially to hear that it is possible to build up networking skills as an introvert. Good luck with everything!
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    hi! thank you so much for this :)))

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