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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Amazing news - here is a useful thread with lots of advice on converting VS to TCs Converting your vacation scheme into a training contract - top tips in 2021 | The Corporate Law Academy Forum
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Could be either option really. Different firms have different approaches. It is something to ask the firm while you are there.
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    Peer to peer Assessment Centre Prep

    Love this idea - really hope this can be a start of something and that more people follow suit on this! Good luck and hope the session goes well.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    This answer is not messing up an interview.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    If you haven't received it by Wednesday next week, give them a call.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    How long since your verbal offer?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Could be a couple of weeks. I know it is super urgent to you, but they won't necessarily see the immediate rush where you wont see need to sign up for the GDL/LPC/SQE for sometime yet.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    If you have got the money to be able to cover the fees, look into the post-graduate visa which will give you two years to work in the UK after graduation. Graduate visa - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) You wouldn't be able to apply for this to cover a TC anyway but you have to apply for it while you are...
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    No harm in asking them whether you can retake the assessment at this late stage. Technical errors happen - I very much doubt they will think you are lying - it is more just whether they still have the timeframes to consider your application at this stage, No harm in asking though - puts you in...
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    I'm at a cross-roads... should I take the (non-law) job?

    I rarely give defined and precise advice on things like this as I don't want to overly influence people's thinking. However, on this occasion, to me it comes down to the saying "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" and that you should take this job. From what you have said this is the...
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    2 Questions About Becoming a Paralegal

    Agree with this. LinkedIn is great to follow recruitment agencies/recruiters and to search for jobs too. Firms/organisations also tend to use it to promote paralegal roles they are recruiting directly for too. I will often share paralegal roles being advertised by recruiters in my network. It...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    I would expect you to be more sat with an associate on a day to day basis doing work for them. There will still be talks, but they will be spread out across the week, and most likely at the start/end of each day or at lunchtime.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    The STAR method typically only works for competency based questions where you are pulling on your past experiences. Strengths based questions tend to be much more forward looking or are asking you to talk more about your feelings/reactions to situations than what you did.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    They will just want the proof when you go through the on-boarding checks, rather than now. There is likely to be a bit of back and forth with the background checks where the information does not align, but its nothing that cannot be explained/sorted out by the sounds of it.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    With a recruiter telling you would hear back? Up to four weeks I would say if they said "a few" weeks.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Ok - then there probably isn't anything to worry about. You are not inflating an experience. Just email them now to make it clear the mistakes, to clarify what the dates should be and to explain the circumstances that led to the mistake.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Seen enough people post in this forum in the last 6-8 weeks feeling like it was a disaster and still getting offers!
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    So for instance, it said something like: 01/01/2018 to 20/12/2018 when it should have been 01/01/2019 to 20/12/2019 ?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Games Based Assessment -
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    When you say a year was wrong, do you mean both the start and end date was wrong? Or could it have looked like you were in employment for a longer period of time than you actually were?

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