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MC/SC/US firms - with my gcses/A levels?
It’s great to have you join us! Some SC/MC firms have no A-level requirements, and so I don’t think this is necessarily an issue, especially if you have mitigating circumstances. My advice would be to try to focus on your own health at this stage, rather than what might happen in several years...- TCLA Community Assistant
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SQE LLM
The only benefit will be that you can apply for postgraduate finance (even if your course is being funded by your firm). There will be no other benefit it all honesty. It’s exactly like the LPC being topped up to a masters level course - no one actually considers it a true masters, it won’t...- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
I know there are plenty of people who have done this in the forums - it’s come up in conversation many times. The main thing is 1) check your terms and conditions of employment and 2) check whether you can take the time off first. You’ll need to disclose your reasoning for having time off and...- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
It will be fine to include it then - sometime you have to tread carefully if you are trying to apply for another job when you haven’t even started the one you have got. I’d keep it brief - you haven’t started working there yet and so you can’t really talk about your experiences with the firm...- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Is it a temp/contract paralegal role or a permanent role?- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
I don't think this is really answering the question. The question is purely motivational and asking you to explain why you are going to be content in the career. However, I have seen people link what skills they like utilising and how they get fulfilment from certain processes/outcomes as to why...- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
If you do, you’ll need to make it clear that this is only what you remember working on and that other matters are missing.- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
This is from their website- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
You can just get a reference from your academic office - they will just verify your grades - a reference rarely needs to be any more than that.- TCLA Community Assistant
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Self-funding the LPC (bad time to do so?)
If you were doing it full-time, then I think there is probably more rationale to squeeze it in. Many smaller firms are realising that the SQE gives them greater flexibility (e.g. they don't need a training principal nor report to the SRA anymore) and so although they may have had a preference...- TCLA Community Assistant
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Self-funding the LPC (bad time to do so?)
Especially if you are thinking of doing it part-time, then my advice would be to ask to move to an SQE prep course rather than the LPC if your provider is making you commit to anything. By the time you finished a part-time LPC it would be 2025, and I would expect very few firms/organisations to...- TCLA Community Assistant
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Self-funding the LPC (bad time to do so?)
Lawcareers.net used to have a helpful filtering system where you could check vacancies by the year the TC started. However, either they don't have any 2023 vacancies listed or their filters aren't working, and so it is just showing up all the firms on their database. Unfortunately I don't know...- TCLA Community Assistant
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Self-funding the LPC (bad time to do so?)
At any other time, I would sit on the fence about self-funding the LPC. My view used to be it was a very personal decision each individual had to weigh up their own circumstances and that there was no right or wrong answer to this. However, the SQE makes this a very different situation...- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA General Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Random question - do we have any UCL Law Students/recent grads in the community? I want to ask a massive favour and see if someone has some time to meet with our work experience student, Maddie, sometime this week. Maddie is keen to apply to UCL to read Law in 2023, and I'd love for her to chat...- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Not necessarily - many tests are designed to purposely be tight on time, so much so that a significant proportion of people will not complete the test. It doesn't mean that they fail though. There are many different ways the individual questions could be weighted and marked, and so doing your...- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
I haven’t got the specific experience of diversity aspects in MENA to advise on what the themes are. However, I think this article might be a useful starting point...- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
This is from Lawcareers.net so is likely to be accurate.- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA General Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
I’d probably adjust my CV to get the entry in if it’s important to the role you are applying to (even if it is old). Removing something less relevant or reducing other entries down could help you add it in.- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA General Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
This should follow a STAR format (or CAR depending on which is your preference). You can show resilience in how you reacted (your actions) and also how you developed (the result/reflection).- TCLA Community Assistant
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TC prospects and law firm targeting help
Hi! Yes - any firm would be interested to know this in applications. Definitely something to mention, especially if your ECs at university could have been stronger.- TCLA Community Assistant
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