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    Moving practice area post qualification

    Yes - you will technically qualify with a firm, even if you don’t stay there. That’s what I meant by qualifying into.
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    Moving practice area post qualification

    Experience in practice will always outweigh academics unfortunately. I think it really depends how much cross over you have in competition work in the firm you are qualifying into. It might also be a compromise of working in another type of organisation (eg going back to the European...
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    A Level's results

    Do you have any mitigating circumstances or do you think you would fall under any contextualised recruitment processes (eg your education or social background was of a lower level than the average)?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    If you don’t know the firm that well, then it’s a good approach, especially as firms tend to run open days as ways to create a pipeline of candidates for future programmes.
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    TCLA General Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    No - just wait until you see whether you are invited to interview stage.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    I personally wouldn’t. I think it’s far too old.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    If it truly interests you, then use a good approach
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Always go with what they are asking you to complete. The system is most likely a global recruitment platform which may default to US date format.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Sorry for the delay on this. You’d need to explore some of the detail more. There is an assumption that their actions are impacting others, or that that tone is set by the trainee. It might be better to speak to the support staff first rather than the trainee due to how you are reading the...
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    The SQE won’t really determine this - it will just be whether the firm has opportunities to start earlier. However, as firms continue to recruit 2-3 years in advance, it’s likely that the earliest start your TC until 2023/24, whether it was the SQE or not. You could try and seek out firms...
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    Training at non MC/SC career implications.

    LinkedIn is your best bet here. Use the search function to find associates who have moved from ES to the type of firms you are aiming for. This will give you an indication of what practice areas and how much PQE you are likely to need to make the move, and how many people make the move too.
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    Does it look bad to slightly go over the minimum word count?

    I'd try to get somewhere around 250-275 words as a minimum then really. I suspect some more detail or variety could be pulled from your answers to get them to around this mark.
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    TCLA General Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Vacation schemes won't be geared to a certain demographic - they will be much of a much less, so I don't think it's really a consideration.
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    TCLA General Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    I don’t think it being open to a certain year group automatically means it’s less competitive. From my understanding there will be more places in the Spring/Summer schemes combined than the winter scheme.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    There is no need to relate it back to HSF, no matter what the topic is. If there is some form of direct link, then that’s fine, but you don’t have to force the link in for the sake of it.
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    No - there would not be this expectation. You can go into as much detail as you think is relevant to the specifics of the question being asked.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Definitely include names - it can come across as purposely vague if you don’t name your employers.
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    Does it look bad to slightly go over the minimum word count?

    What is the maximum word count?
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    How do you bridge the gap between living costs and grant?

    It will very much depend on the firm in question, so something to ask them during the recruitment process. This could all change with the SQE coming in anyway, which doesn’t need to be studied in the same way as the LPC/GDL. However, for the GDL the firm can generally be much more flexible and...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Literally can be anything - seen breeds of dog, martial arts, wine tasting, specific charities, a type of architecture at a point in history, poetry, psychology, horticulture. Just pick something you get a bit buzzy about.

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