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    Paralegal Salary Expectations

    My advice is to try and work out whether the role will be paid hourly or if you will get overtime. This can make a significant difference to a base salary. Realistically, will no experience if could be anywhere from £25k upwards, but even with no experience it could be anything up to £32-4k...
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    Paralegal Salary Expectations

    Apply directly where you can - you’ll be more likely to secure a better salary as the firm won’t be paying 15-20% on top of your salary to the agency. If really depends on location and type of firm you are applying to. Central London paralegal salaries with US firms will be very different to a...
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Are you applying in the same cycle?
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    TCLA General Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    You can apply for permanent roles, but if you do the firm will be expecting you to be in that role for sometime - they won’t want to hear that you are likely to jump ship as soon as you secure a TC. For this reason and the fact that they tend to be less strict on contract/temp roles, you might...
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    A lot of people won’t have grades for first year when the programmes are even run. It doesn’t mean you need to rush into applying though, especially if you feel you will build out your application in the next few months.
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    How do you bridge the gap between living costs and grant?

    Unfortunately with it being the last year of the GDL and the LPC being replaced eventually by the SQE, it’s unlikely firms will up the allowances for either now. Could you top up your GDL to a masters and get a postgraduate loan?
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    Baker McKenzie open day

    No - it’s not answering the question.
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    Baker McKenzie open day

    You don’t need to talk about the company’s potential challenges. Just focus on answering the question. There are still some fragment sentences in there. If you use Word, use the read aloud function to read it back to you and you will hear where the fragment sentences are.
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    Allen & Overy SJT

    Unlikely if you were still able to complete the assessment.
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Give them a call tomorrow and explain you have an expiring TC offer so just keen to understand when you might hear back.
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Give them a call on Friday morning to ask for an update.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    I’d just focus on why HSF based on the word count you have.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    More than likely hasn’t opened yet.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    I would go with the full name in the first instance and then put HSF in brackets and then use HSF from then on.
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    Law firms as a business- Doubt

    The reality is you probably won’t be playing much with laws - you will just be advising on the laws you are qualified in. You will be relying on lawyers in other jurisdictions to advise on their local laws. English law is used a lot as a jurisdiction in which deals/matters are written - hence...
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    TCLA General Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    I’d only highlight it if you are successful at getting through to the next stage.
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    Law firms as a business- Doubt

    I don't know about HL specifically, but depending on the firm and how they structure themselves, they can work financially in any of the ways you have suggested. Some will be fully integrated and will split profits evenly, some will work on franchises, some work on regional hubs and for the...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    1) if you haven’t accepted that offer and don’t need to until next September, include it. If the offer is accepted or expires soon but you will accept it before it expires, don’t include it. 2) if you feel you have been able to work on the feedback since the AC and are happy to demonstrate how...
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    Free Month of TCLA Premium (Bronze) - Every Week From Monday!

    Apologies to everyone, the Forum team have been a little busy of late and haven’t been posting our weekly award winners in recent weeks. To restart the awards, I wanted to recognise @OB for the following post...
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    Baker McKenzie open day

    A few comments from my perspective: - you don't need the dashes either side of "and real" in your first paragraph. - "A secondment with a client in its in-house legal team" could just be shortened to "A client secondment" - one can become me - "allow me to develop an understanding of the...

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