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  1. TCLA Community Assistant

    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    There’s no chance of them assessing that - so again, nothing to worry about there.
  2. TCLA Community Assistant

    Law firm or in-house training contract?

    The advice on the secondment is great. It’s something many firms organise to keep a strong connection to their clients. They may also be able to offer more informal training opportunities (eg seminar series etc) that you might be able to attend. Don’t be surprised by how much your networks I’ll...
  3. TCLA Community Assistant

    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    I suspect it is an applicant pool (most likely to be a previous year’s pool) but it is a vague term. It could easily be Linklaters employees for instance. I don’t think it’s worthwhile stressing about though. You know someone has got through to AC with a lower percentile score than you, and so...
  4. TCLA Community Assistant

    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Yes, that is correct. The thing to stress is that a percentile does not relate to how many questions you get right. All it means is where you rank when compared to a group of other people who have completed the same assessment. For instance, you could do one test and be compared to different...
  5. TCLA Community Assistant

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

    My very generous rule of thumb is apply in the first two-thirds of an application window if you can. Therefore if the applications are open from 1 November to 31 January means you could apply anytime up until the beginning of January and still have no issues. However, this generous rule means I...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    I would add open days under the accomplishment section. Under there, there is an "organisations" section and you can then add Open Day attendee under the following format along with a very brief description. For CVs I would create a heading along the lines of something like "Career events and...
  7. TCLA Community Assistant

    Law firm or in-house training contract?

    It is difficult for me to give precise advice on this as it is not my area of expertise. However, I would assume that moving to private practice from in-house will be tricky. The reason for this is that you are working in a very different way. As an in-house lawyer, you have oversight of...
  8. TCLA Community Assistant

    Definitive Guide to Law Firm Interviews! *Monday Article Series*

    The key to this is that you tailor it to your personal preferences. Everyone will have parts of the job they don’t like - it’s just making sure there is enough of the things you will enjoy to balance that out completely for you to enjoy the job. So think about the processes or responsibilities...
  9. TCLA Community Assistant

    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Haha - no reason to apologise! The rest of the Community Managers are far more likely to have some views on this and it’s very easy for us all to contribute to the conversation!
  10. TCLA Community Assistant

    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    I am probably not the best person to advise on this as I don't know the specifics of Fuse. Tagging in @James Carrabino , @George Maxwell and @AvniD who are probably much more clued up on this than me (and that's because my knowledge level is practically 0 😬)
  11. TCLA Community Assistant

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

    I need to be frank here. You are ultimately turning down the firm for another firm, so on some level bridges are slightly burnt but that would be the case if you declined an offer outright. But you are making a commitment to a firm for a number of years, and so I don't see this being a major...
  12. TCLA Community Assistant

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

    There is a very loose "voluntary code of recruitment practice" that says that a firm shouldn't make you accept an offer before the 15th September as you go into the final year of your undergraduate degree. If you are past this point, then you would have 4 weeks to accept the offer. However, the...
  13. TCLA Community Assistant

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

    I suspect with the recent news of the new variant, some firms are moving back to virtual open days rather than running them in person to minimise risks. I don't think it has anything to do with you as an applicant nor that they don't reject people. They are bound to have rejected far more...
  14. TCLA Community Assistant

    Low grades in two-three subjects, primarily as those Profs are generally known for marking low in my University. Should I explain this in my TC App?

    Unfortunately this is something that wouldn’t be appropriate to detail on an application form. It can be seen as trying to shift the blame on to someone else, and there is little way for a recruiter to check whether it is true or not. One way around it is to say where you were in the cohort...
  15. TCLA Community Assistant

    Has Hogan Lovells changed its policy on applying more than twice?

    I would email the firm and see if they can provide clarity on this. Alternatively, if they have any form of brand/campus ambassador, I might try and see if I can find one of them at my uni or on LinkedIn and get their view on this.
  16. TCLA Community Assistant

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

    You don’t need AI for it in all honesty. It would be pretty clear from the applicant tracking system if you were reapplying. But there isn’t a system that automatically rejects you. At best it would stop you applying for the same vacancy in the same recruitment cycle more than once. It doesn’t...
  17. TCLA Community Assistant

    Completed LPC and making applications

    The LPC will give you exemption from SQE1, so I think at worst a firm will just expect you to do SQE2 if they want you to do that qualification route. I therefore don’t think doing the LPC will hold you back. I think the main concern will be why you are applying to a TC now rather than in...
  18. TCLA Community Assistant

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

    I don’t think you can necessarily draw that conclusion unfortunately. It obviously could be the case, but it could also be that your application hasn’t been reviewed yet. It does mean you are still under consideration though!
  19. TCLA Community Assistant

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

    It’s highly unlikely to make a decision on its own, especially if it is a subtle spelling error (eg Thomson vs Thompson).
  20. TCLA Community Assistant

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

    I would assume so unfortunately. It would be practically no time to onboard you (which usually requires at least two weeks). It’s not an impossibility that you could still be in consideration, I just think it’s very unlikely at this late stage.

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